air-line
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of air-line
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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They dread his competition in securing Government contracts, but would be delighted to see him use his unique experience in air transportation in an experimental air-line venture here.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eva started pumping, while with her other hand she carefully paid out the air-line and signal-cord.
From The Master Mystery by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
He holds his reins with a firm hand, and big incidents never swerve from an air-line track.
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
This apparently tedious preamble yet leads by an air-line to the first Agricultural Fair ever held at Powhatan Court House.
From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland
The road ran straight over mountains and pitched deep down ravines, the surveyors having evidently kept only in view the shortest air-line between places.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various
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