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red lane en · NOUN
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(UK, obsolete, slang) The throat.
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: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 128:
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