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ginnel ‎(plural ginnels)

(Britain, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
- 1885, Benjamin Brierley, Ab-o'th'-Yate in Yankeeland, page 59:
  … maks things as pleasant as stondin in a ginnel ov a wyndy neet waitin o'th' sweetheart comin out.
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books 1988, page 169
  At the end of a short side-street a narrow ginnel with concrete bollards led into the surprisingly wide area in which the blocks of flats stood.

narrow passageway