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Main Line

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Main Line  (mn)
A group of suburbs of southeast Pennsylvania. The fashionable area was named after the chief railroad line traveling west from Philadelphia.
main line
n.
1. A principal section of a railroad line.
2. Slang A principal and easily accessible vein, usually in the arm or leg, into which a drug can be injected.
main line
n
1. (Transport / Railways) Railways
a.  the trunk route between two points, usually fed by branch lines
b.  (as modifier) a main-line station
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) US a main road
vb mainline
(Law / Recreational Drugs) (intr) Slang to inject a drug into a vein
adj mainline
having an important position, esp having responsibility for the main areas of activity
mainliner  n
Main Line - The principal line of a railway (1841), it also has the meaning "affluent area of residence" (1930s), originally that of Philadelphia, from the "main line" of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which added local stops to a string of backwater towns west of the city in late 19th century that helped turn them into fashionable suburbs.
See also related terms for railway.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Main Line - the principal route of a transportation systemmain line - the principal route of a transportation system
itinerary, route, path - an established line of travel or access
Translations
main line n (Rail) → linea principale
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Formerly one was obliged to travel in India by the old cumbrous methods of going on foot or on horseback, in palanquins or unwieldly coaches; now fast steamboats ply on the Indus and the Ganges, and a great railway, with branch lines joining the main line at many points on its route, traverses the peninsula from Bombay to Calcutta in three days.
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It was in the midst of the great bulk of the Negro population, and was rather secluded, being five miles from the main line of railroad, with which it was connected by a short line.
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Thomas's Hospital, and through the immense tunnel that passes under the South-Western main line at Vauxhall.
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