twitchel
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English twichel, alteration of twychen (with change of suffix), from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”).
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Noun[edit]
twitchel (plural twitchels)
- (Midlands) A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alley
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
- He caught her hand impulsively, and they went along the narrow twitchel.
Further reading[edit]
- OED 2nd edition 1989
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