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–noun
| 1. | a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia. |
| 2. | any fashionable district where socially prominent people live. |
Related forms:
Main-Line, adjective
Main-Liner, noun
main⋅line
[meyn-lahyn, -lahyn] 
verb, -lined, -lin⋅ing, adjective –verb (used without object) Slang.
| 1. | to inject a narcotic, esp. 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, esp. heroin) directly into a vein. |
| 4. | to use, enjoy, or imbibe (something) without restriction: mainlining coffee all day long. |
–adjective
| 5. | having a principal, established, or widely accepted position; major; mainstream: the membership of mainline churches. |
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| main·line (mān'līn') v. main·lined, main·lin·ing, main·lines Slang v. tr. To inject (a drug, such as heroin) directly into a major vein. v. intr. To inject a drug intravenously. adj. Being in a principal or well-established position: the mainline churches. main'lin'er n. |
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Main Entry: main·line
Pronunciation: 'mAn-'lIn
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -lined; -lin·ing
transitive senses
, slang : to take by or as if by injecting into a principal vein mainline intransitive senses
, slang : to mainline a narcotic drug (as heroin)
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