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Ginnel vs Gitty - What's the difference?

ginnel | gitty |

Gitty is a synonym of ginnel.



As nouns the difference between ginnel and gitty

is that ginnel is a narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses while gitty is a narrow, pedestrian, passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc.

ginnel

English

Alternative forms

* guinnel * gennel

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
  • * 1885 , , Ab-o'th'-Yate in Yankeeland , page 59:
    • … maks things as pleasant as stondin in a ginnel ov a wyndy neet waitin o'th' sweetheart comin out.
  • * 1988 , , Penguin Books 1988, page 169
    • At the end of a short side-street a narrow ginnel with concrete bollards led into the surprisingly wide area in which the blocks of flats stood.

    Synonyms

    * alley, alleyway, passage, passageway

    gitty

    English

    Noun

    (gitties)
  • A narrow, pedestrian, passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc.

    • See also

    *alley *alleyway *entry *gennel, ginnel, guinnel, gunnel, jennel *jitty *passage *shut *snicket *twitchel *wynd

    References

    * Entry: [http://http://www.thefreedictionary.com/entry] * Jitty: BBC Derbyshire Dictionary feature. * Gitty: BBC Derby Conversations feature.