Main Street

/maɪn strit/
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Definitions of Main Street
  1. noun
    any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis)
    “Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician”
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    type of:
    town
    an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
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