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mainliners

mainliners is the plural of mainliner.

Meaning of mainliner

Noun

mainliner (plural mainliners)

  1. A member of the mainstream.
    • […] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks.1990, Elizabeth B. Lee, Sociology For People: A Caring Profession, page 110
  2. Someone who mainlines (injects drugs directly into their veins).
  3. A prisoner held within the general population of a prison.

Questions about mainliners

What is mainliners the plural of?
Mainliners is the plural of mainliner.

Words near mainliners in the dictionary

  1. mainlane
  2. mainlanes
  3. mainline
  4. mainlined
  5. mainliner
  6. mainliners
  7. mainlines
  8. Mainling
  9. mainlining
  10. mainly
  11. mainmast

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