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main line

1

noun

  1. a principal line or route of a railroad, as contrasted with a branch or secondary one.
  2. a principal highway.
  3. Slang.
    1. a prominent and readily accessible vein of the body that may be used for a narcotic's injection.
    2. the act of mainlining.


Main Line

2

noun

  1. a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.
  2. any fashionable district where socially prominent people live.

main line

noun

  1. railways
    1. the trunk route between two points, usually fed by branch lines
    2. ( as modifier )

      a main-line station

  2. a main road
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. slang.
    intr to inject a drug into a vein
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. having an important position, esp having responsibility for the main areas of activity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ²Ñ²¹¾±²Ô-³¢¾±²Ôİù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of main line1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along with a buoy and these are lowered to the seabed with the creels.

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Nicknames are a tell for Trump — a brand for his main line of attack.

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The depletion of mangrove forests along the shoreline - the coast’s main line of defence against erosion - is to blame.

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A message The Associated Press left on the city’s Law Department main line seeking comment Monday wasn’t immediately returned.

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The extensive corroborating evidence is just one way the prosecution is cutting off the defense’s main line of attack.

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