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   >  AK>>  2. "a shirt so white it must have been running off the   
   >  AK>>  mains"?   
   >  AK>            The whiteness of his shirt was dazzling, like that   
   >  AK> of a bright light .. from which I conclude he could afford to   
   >  AK> have it professionally laundered.   
      
   > What is "mains"?   
      
   I usually take it to mean electicity, like the main power line into an area.   
      
   I tend to think of that as a British use of the word.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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