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main-line, v. slang (orig. U.S.).
Also (without hyphen) mainline.
[f. prec.]
trans. and intr. To inject (a drug or drugs) intravenously. So main-liner; main-lining vbl. n.
1934Detective Fiction Weekly 21 Apr. 113/2 The addict who shoots stuff into the veins is said to be a gutter, or mainliner. 1938Amer. Speech XIII. 187/2 If you can main-line a cube of that stuff, it is on the house. 1950R. Chandler Let. 18 May in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 79, I don't think any writer could think up an expression like ‘mainliner’ for a narcotic addict who shoots the stuff into a vein. 1951N.Y. Times 27 June 19/1 An intravenous injection of the drug..is called ‘mainlining’. 1959A. Bestic Girl Outside xiii. 213 She took to the needle. She's what they call a mainliner. 1959‘E. McBain’ Pusher viii. 77 Snorting?.. Skin pops?.. Larry, Larry, are you mainlining? 1964B. Ellis I came back from Hell iii. 24 She was only skin-popping in those days (injecting her arms), not mainlining (injecting her veins). 1967M. M. Glatt et al. Drug Scene v. 58, I don't know how much longer I would have lasted before I would have tried to mainline. Ibid. 59 Peter was revolted by the sight of someone else ‘mainlining hard drugs’ yet, whilst under the influence of hashish, he thought that he might go on to try mainlining for a bigger kick. 1970N. Marsh When in Rome v. 126 The big leap. Pothead to main-liner. 1971Nature 5 Nov. 14/3 The serious possibilities were raised of teratogenicity, tachycardia (especially if main-lining ever started), brain damage, [etc.]. 1972M. Pereira Singing Millionaire vii. 71 He made himself a fix..and he mainlined it. 1974D. Gray Dead Give Away ii. 23 What about the ones that can't cope in the rat race?.. The meths drinkers, the mainliners? |