memory lane

memory lane

n.

One's memories, likened to a path that one travels down nostalgically: In a trip down memory lane, the old couple told their grandchildren how they'd met.

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mem′ory lane′

n.

the memory of one's past life likened to a road down which one may travel: to walk down memory lane.

[1950–55]

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