red lane

English

Noun

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.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Darleen, Darlene, Leander, Learned, learned, learnèd, learnéd, relaned