"red lane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: red lanes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} red lane (plural red lanes)
  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) The throat. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-red_lane-en-noun-copS1XIa Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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 […]",
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