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Ginnel vs Twitchel - What's the difference?

ginnel | twitchel |

As nouns the difference between ginnel and twitchel

is that ginnel is a narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses while twitchel is a narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.

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

    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