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Alleyway vs Twitchel - What's the difference?

alleyway | twitchel |

As nouns the difference between alleyway and twitchel

is that alleyway is a narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings while twitchel is a narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.

alleyway

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
  • A passage between two rows of cabins in a ship.

    • twitchel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (regional) A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:He caught her hand impulsively, and they went along the narrow twitchel .

    • References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989