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
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His father worked at and later owned the funeral home that was across from the entrance off Main Street to Spring Grove.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
Their 1779 maps did not look exactly the same, but both of them showed present-day Main Street between First and 14th streets, according to the Encyclopedia of Louisville.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2025
Located right on Main Street, this 16-room bed and breakfast was built in the 1890s.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Historic shops, one-of-a-kind boutiques, and art galleries line Saluda’s Main Street.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
Their 1779 maps did not look exactly the same, but both of them showed present-day Main Street between First and 14th streets, according to the Encyclopedia of Louisville.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2025
Located right on Main Street, this 16-room bed and breakfast was built in the 1890s.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Historic shops, one-of-a-kind boutiques, and art galleries line Saluda’s Main Street.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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