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main·line
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verb,
-lined,
-lin·ing,
adjective
verb (used without object)
Slang
.
1.
to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
2.
to use or enjoy something without restriction:
to mainline on TV movies.
verb (used with object)
Slang
.
3.
to inject (a narcotic, especially heroin) directly into a vein.
4.
to use, enjoy, or imbibe (something) without restriction:
mainlining coffee all day long.
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adjective
5.
having a principal, established, or widely accepted position; major; mainstream:
the membership of mainline churches.
Origin:
1935–40,
Americanism
;
v., adj. use of
main line
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mainline
1934, from
main line
in Amer.Eng. slang sense "principal vein into which drugs can be injected" (1933).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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