twitchel

English

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English twychen (with change of suffix), from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”).

Noun

twitchel (plural twitchels)

(Midlands) A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 12
  He caught her hand impulsively, and they went along the narrow twitchel.

Synonyms

For semantic relationships of this term, see alley in the Thesaurus.

References

OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

witchlet

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