or -lane, subs. (common).—The throat. ALL GOES DOWN GUTTER-LANE = ‘He spends all on his stomach.’

1

  ENGLISH SYNONYMS.—Beer Street; common sewer; drain; funnel; Gin Lane; gulf; gullet; gully-hole; gutter; Holloway; Peck Alley; Red Lane; the Red Sea; Spew Alley; swallow; thrapple; throttle; whistle.

2

  FRENCH SYNONYMS.—La carafe (tramps’); la creuse (popular = Holloway); le corridor; le cornet (popular); le couloir; le lampas; la goule (popular); le gose (popular: an abbreviation of gosier: also gésier); la gargoine (thieves’); la gargarousse (thieves’ = Old Gargles); le four (popular = the oven); le fanal (popular); l’entonnoir (popular = the funnel); l’avaloir (thieves’ = the swallow).

3

  GERMAN SYNONYM.—Kollert (Hanoverian).

4

  SPANISH SYNONYM.—La gorja.

5

  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.

6

  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.

7

  1787.  GROSE, A Provincial Glossary, etc. (1811), p. 81. All goeth down GUTTER LANE. That is, the throat. This proverb is applicable to those who spend all their substance in eating and drinking.

8

  2.  (common).—A urinal. For synonyms, see PISSING-POST.

9