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Main 
1 n. Obs. See 1929 quote at Eastmain.
See also: Eastmain
- 1682 (1945) I did send Richard Nalridge . . . over to the maine with a pacquet. . . .
2 in Montreal, St. Lawrence Boulevard.
- 1950 Sometimes it is called "The Oriental Main." No one seems to know where the tag "Oriental" comes in, but it is easy to see why the term "Main" applies. The city ' s numbering system east and west springs from the street. North of Ontario [St.] the Main becomes the Jewish district.
- 1964 "If somebody roll me on the main, Daddy I stay rolled."
- 1682 (1945) I did send Richard Nalridge . . . over to the maine with a pacquet. . . .