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mainstay

[ meyn-stey ]

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noun

Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
a person or thing that acts as a chief support or part:
Coffee is the mainstay of the country's economy.
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First recorded in 1475–85; main ¹ + stay ²

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Folks like Horace Butler, a member of the Scooby Brothers skate crew, who were a mainstay at World on Wheels.

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The biggest negative of appointing Brook is the workload it adds to one of England's busiest players as a Test, 50-over and T20 mainstay.

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République is a mainstay of the Los Angeles dining scene, a French bistro routinely topping “best of” lists.

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Heroin and other hard drugs were a tour mainstay.

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These shamanistic masks have long been a mainstay of populists.

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