main drag
noun
US, informal
: the main street in a town or city
A carload of teenagers were cruising down the main drag.
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Milford hosts bed races down its main drag on Milford Day, Frenchtown welcomes Santa by canoe (bagpiper and Vikings included), and Lambertville’s Shad Fest celebrates its namesake fish with music and street food.
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Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Another grand Historic District dame, The Pamlico House is a Colonial Revival home tucked away on a quiet residential street just blocks from main drag.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
When then-President Bill Clinton announced the end of a U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam in 1994, hundreds of people rallied on Bolsa Avenue, Little Saigon’s main drag, to decry the decision.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Photo: Catherine Powell/Getty Images Resting on Fifth and Broadway—Nashville’s main drag—is this museum dedicated to African Americans’ central role in American music.
—Eva Fedderly, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Another grand Historic District dame, The Pamlico House is a Colonial Revival home tucked away on a quiet residential street just blocks from main drag.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
When then-President Bill Clinton announced the end of a U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam in 1994, hundreds of people rallied on Bolsa Avenue, Little Saigon’s main drag, to decry the decision.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Photo: Catherine Powell/Getty Images Resting on Fifth and Broadway—Nashville’s main drag—is this museum dedicated to African Americans’ central role in American music.
—Eva Fedderly, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Main drag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/main%20drag. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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