>  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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