main street

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main street - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  main street \main street\ n.
     1. A main thoroughfare, usually one in a small town having
        the largest concentration of retail businesses.
        [PJC]
  
     2. Hence: (Fig.) The attitudes, environment, or life style of
        a small town; -- usually capitalized, and often used
        attributively; as, Main Street attitudes toward
        Washington.
        [PJC]

main street - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  main street
      n 1: street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic
           in a town [syn: main street, high street]
      2: 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"