mainliner
noun
main·lin·er
ˈmān-ˌlī-nər 
plural mainliners
1
: a member of a mainline group (such as a church)
Of the remaining mainliners, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has suffered most. It has lost 40 percent of its members and now claims only 1,146,000 faithful.—
Kenneth L. Woodward, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 1986
Kenneth L. Woodward, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 19862
informal
: a person who injects a drug into a vein : a person who mainlines a drug
She holds nothing back about the awful things done to her, or about her attraction to the social danger zones inhabited by strippers, heroin mainliners, rhino poachers, and guerrillas.—Gilbert Taylor, Booklist, 1 Dec. 2000
Gilbert Taylor, Booklist, 1 Dec. 2000Dictionary Entries Near mainliner
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“Mainliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainliner. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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