Meanings
nounred lane (plural red lanes)
plural red lanes
- UKobsoleteslangThe throat.
When you mean to save, begin with your mouth; many thieves pass down the red lane. The ale jug is a great waste.
1884, The Universal Household Assistant, page 1281 more example
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 […]
1852, The Royalist and the Republican, volume 1, page 108
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