lovers' lane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lovers' lane
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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For at least eight years in the 1950s, he returned every March 24 to a San Bernardino lovers’ lane, where his teenage sweetheart, Angela Dornna, had once promised to meet him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Inside its Moorish-inspired walls there was a ballroom, cinema and café, and outside, a tunnel of love, a lovers' lane lined by Kauri trees, tennis courts and fountains.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2018
The flats of Flushing were no lovers' lane last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only one of the parked cars was in a traditional romantic lovers' lane; the rest were on quiet residential streets.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two little adventurers found a footpath in the underbrush, not a lovers' lane, for it was impossible to walk side by side holding hands as is the fashion of lovers.
From Honey-Bee 1911 by Lane, Mrs. John
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