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snickelway

noun

Etymology

Blend of snicket + ginnel + alleyway. Coined by Mark W. Jones in 1983 in his book A Walk Around the Snickelways of York.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *wegaz✻
  3. inherited from *weg✻
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. compounded as alleyway — “alley + way”
  7. compounded as snickelway — “snicket + ginnel + alleyway”

Definitions

  1. A narrow alley between buildings.

    • Soak up the city's history while exploring its maze of ancient streets and snickelways (hidden alleyways); you can get everywhere on foot and see many attractions in just a day.
    • Follow Main Street, heading for St Mary’s Church, then go left down a snickelway (7) past the churchyard, which contains a railed obelisk in memory of Dr John Crosby, a good friend of Branwell Bronte.

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