Main Line (m n ) 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
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