"trunk line" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "33 28 39",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: mainline"
        },
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          "ref": "1987, William H. Rehnquist, The Supreme Court:",
          "text": "But the states were generally concerned with the location of trunk lines and left it to cities and counties to worry about branch lines.",
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        "A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network."
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          "railway line",
          "railway line"
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          "backbone",
          "backbone"
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        "(rail transport) A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network."
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          "sense": "main railway line",
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          "word": "stambane"
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          "sense": "main railway line",
          "word": "runkorata"
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        "The main line of a canal, from which other sections diverge."
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          "ref": "1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:",
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        "A main telephone line."
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  "word": "trunk line"
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        "A main telephone line."
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      "word": "stambane"
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    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "main railway line",
      "word": "runkorata"
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      "word": "stambane"
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