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May 27, 2012
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main' line'




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.

Main' Line"




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

main•line



Pronunciation: (mān'līn", -līn'), [key]
—v., -lined, -lin•ing,
—adj.

—v.i. 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.

—v.t. Slang.
1. to inject (a narcotic, esp. heroin) directly into a vein.
2. to use, enjoy, or imbibe (something) without restriction: mainlining coffee all day long.

—adj.
having a principal, established, or widely accepted position; major; mainstream: the membership of mainline churches.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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