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Park Lane|pɑːk leɪn|
The name of a fashionable London street used as a symbol of wealth and breeding and the social attitudes they imply. Hence Park Lane-ite.
1880Trollope Duke's Children II. vii. 78 Park Lane was sweeter than the Fifth Avenue. Lord Silverbridge was nicer than the bank clerk. 1906Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 1/3 The attitude of this lady of the ballad is a common one among the Park-lanes of every land. 1936‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles vii. 73 What I'd like to know is if that method goes in Pimlico or if you keep it for Park Lane. 1944M. Laski Love on Supertax ii. 27 Would you yourself be quite happy to see your children playing with scrubbed little brats from Park Lane? 1961A. Smith East-Enders ii. 29 If they want to live like Park Lane-ites they should live in Park Lane. |