一筋

ひとすじ one line; one stretch (e.g. of road)

Why it means this

一 (one) + 筋 (a line, a thread) — a single streak or line (一筋の涙); as a suffix, 'devoted solely to' (研究一筋; 仕事一筋).

Breakdown

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