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Harriet Lane slang (chiefly Naut.).|ˌhærɪət ˈleɪn|
[f. the name of a famous murder victim; cf. Fanny Adams.]
Preserved meat, esp. Australian tinned meat.
1896in Farmer & Henley Slang IV. 153/2. 1909 B. Lubbock Deep Sea Warriors ix. 117 I'd rayther eat this here than the Harriet Lane we get served out for our Sunday dinner. 1909J. R. Ware Passing Eng. 150/2 Harriet Lane, Australian canned meat—because it had the appearance of chopped up meat; and Harriet Lane was choppped up by one Wainwright. 1916‘Taffrail’ Carry on! 28 ‘Fanny Adams’ and ‘Harriet Lane’ were the names once given to the preserved meat issued to seamen. 1932J. W. Harris Days of Endeavour viii. 134 A meal of pantiles and cold ‘Harriet Lane’ is provided. 1938W. E. Dexter Rope-Yarns 30 On Sunday we were allowed 1 lb. of preserved meat, known as ‘Harriet Lane’, from the name of a woman who had disappeared. |