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mainliner en · NOUN

Etymology

From mainline + -er.

Meanings

1. A member of the mainstream.
   • Mainliners view sociology as a profession or occupation, and marginals are antisociologists and unsociologists. 2017, Shulamit Reinharz, On Becoming a Social Scientist:
   • […] 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.

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