Main Street

noun

1
: the principal street of a small town
2
a
: the sections of a country centering about its small towns
b
: a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism
Main Streeter noun

Examples of Main Street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Police closed a block of Main Street outside Capitol Lunch so downtown merchants, community leaders and hot dog aficionados could hear Stewart’s proclamation. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2024 Facebook, YouTube, X and Instagram. Speedway Running Club is a nonprofit running and walking club that meets at 6pm every Wednesday in Speedway at Daredevil Tap Room on Main Street. Analis Bailey, Axios, 17 July 2024 Finishes can be seen from Windermere Point on Mackinac Island at the south end of Main Street. Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024 Schererville also approved an interlocal agreement with Highland to share the cost of resurfacing Main Street. Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for Main Street 

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Word History

First Known Use

1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Main Street was in 1745

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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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