lovers' lane

noun

1. a secluded lane, road, or parking area sought out by lovers for its privacy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lovers' lane¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Idioms and Phrases

A secluded road or area sought out by lovers seeking privacy. For example, The police loved to embarrass youngsters parked in lovers' lane . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

Or a teenage couple was battered to death in a lovers’ lane attack.

From Seattle Times

“There used to be two rows of pine trees and a sidewalk with benches. It was called Lovers’ Lane.

From Los Angeles Times

Honestly, some of the stories about lovers’ lane crimes were grotesquely salacious.

From Los Angeles Times

Several TV shows and films have been built around lovers’ lane crimes, like a 1964 episode of the hipster show “77 Sunset Strip” and the exceptional 1995 Oscar-winning Sean Penn film “Dead Man Walking,” about an inmate sentenced to die for his part in the abduction and murders of two parked teenagers.

From Los Angeles Times

For at least eight years in the 1950s, he returned every March 24 to a San Bernardino lovers’ lane, where his teenage sweetheart, Angela Dornna, had once promised to meet him.

From Los Angeles Times