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mainliner

American  
[meyn-lahy-ner, -lahy-] / ˈmeɪnˌlaɪ nər, -ˈlaɪ- /

noun

  1. Slang. a person who mainlines.

  2. a person who belongs to a mainline group.


Etymology

Origin of mainliner

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; mainline + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Eire, badly short of coal and gasoline, runs its railroads with only one mainliner a day.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Salt Lake City radio range, whose faulty operation misled another mainliner into a Wasatch ridge in November 1940, was working normally.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still, for the ice cream mainliner, the name of the game this summer is that calorific Italian stuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

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