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mainstay

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mainstay/ˈmeɪnsteɪ/

▶noun

1 a stay which extends from the maintop to the foot of the foremast of a sailing ship.

2 the chief support or basis: sugar is the mainstay of the island's economy.

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