liner

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  1. noun One that draws or makes lines.
  2. noun A large commercial ship or airplane, especially one carrying passengers on a regular route.
  3. noun Baseball A line drive.
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  • While the liner was approaching Sirius XIII, a passenger gave Limbeck a fifty credit tip. —  APRIL, 1953 Vol
  • On the screen, the liner is a tiny pinwheel receding behind us, fading back into the darkness. —  Steele, Allen - [Near-Space 05] - A King of Infinite Space
  • She poses as a liner, and yet is less respectable than a tramp. —  Diary of a Soldier of Fortune
  • It canted over his head, for the liner was obviously heeled slightly. —  004 - The Polar Treasure
  • A one-liner is an Awk program and every Awk program consists of a sequence of pattern-action statements "pattern {action statements}". —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
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