Ginnel vs Twitten - What's the difference?
ginnel | twitten |
(British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
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(Sussex) a narrow path between two walls or hedges, especially on hills. For example, small passageways leading between two buildings to courtyards, streets, or open areas behind.
As nouns the difference between ginnel and twitten
is that ginnel is (british|especially yorkshire and lancashire) a narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses while twitten is (sussex) a narrow path between two walls or hedges, especially on hills for example, small passageways leading between two buildings to courtyards, streets, or open areas behind.ginnel
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* 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.