Ginnel vs Lobby - What's the difference?
ginnel | lobby |
(British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
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An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
(video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
(nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
(transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
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, title= (informal) scouse (from lobscouse)
* My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
As nouns the difference between ginnel and lobby
is that ginnel is (british|especially yorkshire and lancashire) a narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses while lobby is lobby (class or group of people who try to lobby or influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists).ginnel
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Alternative forms
* guinnel * gennelNoun
(en noun)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.
- 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, passagewaylobby
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) *(term), from , from (etyl) or (etyl).Noun
(lobbies)- I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
- The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
Derived terms
* gun lobbyVerb
(en-verb)- For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
- The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
Cronies and capitols, passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}