main drag

American  

noun

Slang.

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

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main drag Idioms  

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of main drag

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

First Cabin is on the 14th floor of the Waikiki Business Plaza, itself wedged between H&M and Lululemon on Honolulu’s main drag, Kalakaua Avenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Less spending from Hispanic and low-income consumers were the main drag, CEO Michael Skipworth said on the earnings call.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

It’s a perfect late-summer day, and Bill Massry’s carrying an armload of hoodies down the main drag of Lake George, New York, from one of his stores to another.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2024

At the time he wrote these words, he was holding down a full-time job, flipping Quarter Pounders at a McDonald’s on the main drag, commuting to work on a bicycle.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer