Antonyms for main-line

Grammar : Adj

Definition of main-line

Origin : "principal line of a railway," 1841; meaning "affluent area of residence" is by 1917, originally (with capitals) that of Philadelphia, from the "main line" of the Pennsylvania Railroad which added local stops to a string of backwater towns west of the city late 19c. that helped turn them into fashionable suburbs.
The Main Line, Philadelphia's most famous suburban district, was deliberately conceived in the 1870's and 1880's by the [Pennsylvania] Railroad, which built high-toned housing developments, ran hotels, more or less forced its executives to plunk their estates out there, and created a whole series of somewhat spurious Welsh towns along the railroad tracks. ... Now everybody assumes these all date from 1682, like the Robertses; but as Chestnut Hill people like to say, "nobody but Welsh peasants lived on the Main Line till the Railroad built it up." [Nathaniel Burt, "The Perennial Philadelphians," 1963]
The original station stops were, in order out from the city, Overbrook, Merion, Narberth, Wynnewood, Ardmore, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Paoli. The train line for commuters along it is the Paoli Local.

As in prosperous : adj successful, thriving

Example sentences :

Two main-line routes are provided to the Grand Junction gateway.
Extract from : « Mesa Verde National Park » by Anonymous

I didn't want to advertise our troubles to a main-line official.
Extract from : « The Taming of Red Butte Western » by Francis Lynde

The main-line engine she's built for speed as well as power.
Extract from : « The Railway Children » by E. Nesbit

Banks and the cowboys, waiting breathless, saw Harvey with a determined lurch close the main-line contact.
Extract from : « The Nerve of Foley » by Frank H. Spearman

Then once more he caught up the severed end of the main-line wire, and touched the opposite side of the instrument.
Extract from : « The Young Railroaders » by Francis Lovell Coombs

For the “haunting” of the Midway Junction station had been a subject of much discussion on the main-line wire a few weeks back.
Extract from : « The Young Railroaders » by Francis Lovell Coombs

Following breakfast, the morning being a beautiful one, Alex determined on a walk, and set off along the main-line to the west.
Extract from : « The Young Railroaders » by Francis Lovell Coombs

The Natural Bridge is not far from Field, the main-line railway town that serves as a center for this national playground.
Extract from : « Your National Parks » by Enos A. Mills

There is a regular cordon of guides—like me—drawn across the entrances to the main-line platforms—unostentatiously, of course.
Extract from : « The Man with the Clubfoot » by Valentine Williams

The nearest town was twelve miles off, and the main-line junction was some thirty-odd miles beyond that.
Extract from : « The House of Torchy » by Sewell Ford

Synonyms for main-line

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