Etymology
Origin of mainliner
Example Sentences
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Sitting in the nearly empty Frisch’s “Mainliner” restaurant where the chain originated in suburban Cincinnati in 1942, Frisch’s CEO Jason Vaughn said customers at the privately held chain’s 100 restaurants in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky have asked for additions, such as bottles of orange juice, quarts of soup and coffee for home.
From Washington Times
The Cincinnati-based Frisch’s Big Boy double-decker burger restaurant chain on Wednesday will unveil the museum to a gathering of employees and retirees at the chain’s original Mainliner restaurant.
From Seattle Times
The Mainliner opened in 1939 in Fairfax, just east of Cincinnati.
From Seattle Times
The mainliner has been appraised by the state as both a vessel and scrap, but its value won’t be disclosed until after the sale.
From Seattle Times
The mainliner Taku is tied to the dock year-round now, which makes financial sense, but also which, with the mainliner Malaspina out of service for a capital improvement project, makes covering for the Columbia a difficult proposition.
From Washington Times
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