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Definition of Main Street
1. Noun. Street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town.
2. 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"
Definition of Main Street
1. Proper noun. the generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe. ¹
2. Proper noun. (idiomatic North America) the interests of everyday working-class people and small business owners. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Main Street
Literary usage of Main Street
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"She and her companions then walked along the sidewalk on Fourteenth street towards
Main street until they reached the south curb of Main street, ..."
2. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1910)
"N. Y 1513 Traders' Bank Building, Toronto, Ont., Canada Michigan and Ganson
streets, Buffalo, N. Y 2433 Seneca street, Buffalo, N. Y Main street and ..."
3. Annual Report by Cincinnati (Ohio), Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati (Ohio). Board of Education, Board of Education (1833)
"School House on Franklin street, east qf Main street. Bounded by Main street from
Court street to Mulberry street, thence north by a line with Guilford ..."
4. Annual Report (1905)
"Niagara street Cityline 2.139 Normal, Hampshire and Grand streets ... Jersey street
Military road 3.015 Main street Scajaquada creek.. City line 3.033 Kehr, ..."
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