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ginnel

Ginnel (noun) means a narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.

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A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
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Etymology

From dialectal ginn (“a road or passage down to the sea”) + -el (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Old English gin (“an opening, gap, abyss”) or Old Norse gin (“throat, gullet, maw”), both from Proto-Germanic *giną (“throat, gullet”).

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"ginnel" (noun) means a narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.

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