main-line
main line
noun
1.
a principal line or route of a railroad, as contrasted with a branch or secondary one.
2.
a principal highway.
3.
Slang.
a.
a prominent and readily accessible vein of the body that may be used for a narcotic's injection.
b.
the act of mainlining.
Origin:
1835–45
1835–45
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Main Line
noun
1.
a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.
2.
any fashionable district where socially prominent people live.
Related forms
Main-Line, adjective
Main-Lin·er, noun
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World English Dictionary
| main line | |
| —n | |
| 1. | railways |
| a. the trunk route between two points, usually fed by branch lines | |
| b. (as modifier): a main-line station | |
| 2. | (US) a main road |
| —vb | |
| 3. | slang (intr) to inject a drug into a vein |
| —adj | |
| 4. | having an important position, esp having responsibility for the main areas of activity |
| 'mainliner | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
Main Line
"principal line of a railway," 1841; meaning "affluent area of residence" is 1930s, originally that of Philadelphia, from the "main line" of the Pennsylvania Railroad which added local stops to a string of backwater towns west of the city late 19c. that helped turn them into fashionable suburbs.
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