main' line'
   - a principal line or route of a railroad, as contrasted with a branch or secondary one.  
- a principal highway.  
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 -  a prominent and readily accessible vein of the body that may be used for a narcotic's injection. 
-  the act of mainlining. 
Main' Line"
   - a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.  
- any fashionable district where socially prominent people live.  
main•line
  Pronunciation: (mān'līn", -līn'), [key]    — v., adj. -lined, -lin•ing, 
  
 
—v.i. 
 
—v.t. 
 
—adj. - having a principal, established, or widely accepted position; major; mainstream: the membership of mainline churches. 
 
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