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noun
A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, Yorkshire, especially
Qualifier: Lancashire; Manchester; Lancashire; Manchester
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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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