Square from Delaware, etc

[Brian Hitchcock]

Re the below:  What sense is "lane" being used in, that rhymes with
"Spokane"? (ie, with  "man", "can", etc)?

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1939 _New York Amsterdam News_ [Dan Burley's "Backdoor Stuff"] 27 May

20/1 "Lawd! I'm a square from Delaware, a Lane from Spokane, a killer

from Manila and a Home from Rome," Allen Drew beats out.

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