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Noun

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red lane (plural red lanes)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) The throat.
    • 1852, The Royalist and the Republican, volume 1, page 108:
      Now this Malvoisie has a body, and slips down the red lane with an unctuous savour; but the very sweetness which would recommend it to the fancy of a raw drinker, does it damage []
    • 1884, The Universal Household Assistant, page 128:
      When you mean to save, begin with your mouth; many thieves pass down the red lane. The ale jug is a great waste.

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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