main' line'
- a principal line or route of a railroad, as contrasted with a branch or secondary one.
- a principal highway.
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- a prominent and readily accessible vein of the body that may be used for a narcotic's injection.
- the act of mainlining.
Main' Line"
- a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.
- any fashionable district where socially prominent people live.
main•line
Pronunciation: (mān'līn", -līn'), [key]
— v., adj. -lined, -lin•ing,
—v.i.
—v.t.
—adj.
- having a principal, established, or widely accepted position; major; mainstream: the membership of mainline churches.
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