snickelway
(Yorkshire) A narrow alley between buildings.
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(Yorkshire) A narrow alley between buildings.
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- ginnel70%
(English, especially, _, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Manchester) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
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(Scotland, Tyneside) An alley; a narrow street.
- wynd67%
(chiefly, _, Scotland, North East England) A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
- gennel67%
A gennel is the Yorkshire and northern English word for a narrow alleyway or passage between houses — what other regions might call a ginnel, snicket, jitty, or cut. These tight little paths are a staple of older northern English towns, threading between terraced rows and connecting streets. Local kids use them as shortcuts, and locals navigate entire neighbourhoods by them. The word is deeply tied to the geography and identity of Yorkshire towns like Sheffield, where the term is especially common.
- back alley65%
An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.