main drag

noun

Slang.

1. the main street of a city or town; main stem.

Word History and Origins

Origin of main drag¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Idioms and Phrases

The principal street of a city or town, as in Several stores on the main drag have closed. This slangy term was first recorded in 1851.

Example Sentences

There are clapboard houses, a main drag with businesses bearing charming vintage patina and lampposts bearing flags of the town's military veterans.

From BBC

When then-President Bill Clinton announced the end of a U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam in 1994, hundreds of people rallied on Bolsa Avenue, Little Saigon’s main drag, to decry the decision.

From Los Angeles Times

More than a decade of homelessness followed, at times spent sleeping in a median strip that stretches along the neighborhood’s main drag.

From Los Angeles Times

Along the main drag hostel owners told me they are fully booked.

From BBC

One of the main drags on the world's second-largest economy has been the downturn in the country's property market which began three years ago.

From BBC