Definition of Slow lane

1. Noun. The traffic lane for vehicles that are moving slowly.

Generic synonyms: Traffic Lane
Antonyms: Fast Lane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slow Lane

slow ball
slow bowler
slow burn
slow burns
slow channel-blocking agent
slow clap
slow combustion
slow cooker
slow cookers
slow down
slow fever
slow food
slow in
slow lane (current term)
slow loris
slow match
slow motion
slow muscle
slow news day
slow out
slow oven
slow ovens
slow pyrolysis
slow ray
slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis
slow roll
slow scan
slow time scale

Literary usage of Slow lane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. America, a Minority Viewpoint by Walter Edward Williams (1982)
"Walter: "They would just have to take their chances in either the slow lane or the fast lane." The conversation soon ended, and a short while later I passed ..."

2. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"Idle ; slow. Lane- TOTTY, TOTTY-HEADED, adj. Dizzy, particularly from the effect of too much drink. Norf. T'OUDEN, s. The old one. Craven. TOUGHY, s. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"... Willenhall, and Walsall turnpike-road, and an accommodation road across the collieries from the Osier Bed Furnaces and slow lane, to Bilston. ..."

4. Roadside Noise Abatement by OECD Staff (1995)
"... slow lane; it is also advisable to perform washing operations on shoulders whenever maintenance work on embankments may have reduced the ..."

5. North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta): Mexico by Mary E. Lassanyi (1995)
"... "Caribbean Finds Itself In US Trade Deal slow lane: Islands and Central America See Mexico Overtake Them In Washington's Priorities." Ian Walker. ..."

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