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lane; lain; laine noun a sucker, a gullible victim US, 1933- Lemme take a sawbuck, man. I got a lain hooked down here[.] — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 43, 1945
- The only time the aldermen ever had a meeting was when enough of the waiters ganged up around the bar to talk about the laines they clipped, and the police chief was too busy mixing drinks to bust himself under the prohibition act. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 66, 1946
- He knew his fortune was surely made / If he didn’t do business lanes. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 105, 1976
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