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twitchel

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Twitchel (noun) means a narrow passage running between houses.

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A narrow passage running between houses.
"He caught her hand impulsively, and they went along the narrow twitchel." — David Herbert Lawrence, chapter 12 (1913)
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English twichel, an alteration of twychen (with a change of suffix), itself from Old English twiċen ("fork in the road").

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What is the meaning of twitchel?
"twitchel" (noun) means a narrow passage running between houses.
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Other words for "twitchel" include chare, alley, backs, ginnel, entry, close.

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