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main line

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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
Noun
Railways the chief route between two points, usually fed by branch lines
Verb
Slang to inject a drug into a vein
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.main linemain line - the principal route of a transportation system
itinerary, route, path - an established line of travel or access
Translations

main line n → línea principal
main line n (Rail) → grande ligne
main line main n → Hauptstrecke f
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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