What is Ginnel?
1.
A northern dialect word for a passageway between two buildings.
It was too dark to walk up the ginnel.
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2.
A narrow alley. Usually leading through a row of terraced houses in order to connect the street (in front of the row of houses) to the "back alley" (running between this row of houses and the next).
"Our cat ran up their ginnel" (A phrase used to indicate a very tenuous familial relationship between two people.
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3.
another term for a
go down t'ginnel lads
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we use it in leeds and surrouding areas. Its like a snicket or passageway. Me and my cousin thought everyone used it till we got down to devon and asked what was down the ginnel. Got some funny looks, i tell thee.
Im gonna go down't ginnel, to't chippy. Im off on ma sen, does thee want some, or should i get once?
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5.
a space big enough for a few people to sleep, threesomes and a place where love grows
there was so much love in the ginnel
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