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chicken lanes

chicken lanes is the plural of chicken lane.

Meaning of chicken lane

Noun

chicken lane (plural chicken lanes)

  1. (slang) An additional lane in the middle of a two-way street that assists drivers who are turning onto the two-way street.
    • It's about two miles long with three lanes - one this way, one that way, and a chicken lane. Our driver was determined that the chicken lane was his going across the bridge driving about sixty miles per hour.1998, Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
    Synonyms:
    suicide lane

Questions about chicken lanes

What is chicken lanes the plural of?
Chicken lanes is the plural of chicken lane.

Words near chicken lanes in the dictionary

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  2. chicken kyivs
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  6. chicken lanes
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  8. chicken legs
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  10. Chicken Licken
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