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snickelway

snickelway noun: a narrow alley between buildings.

Noun

snickelway (plural snickelways)

  1. (Yorkshire) 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.2010, Donald Olson, London For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, York: Ancient Walls and Snickelways, page 286
    • True, as you worm your way deeper into the Old Town, the streets become narrower and more labyrinthine, connected by a capillary system of snickelways and side courts, where the gable-overhangs become so extreme that daylight bareley hits the cobblestones below.2011, Jonathan Stroud, The Golem's Eye, Random House, →ISBN, page 271
    Synonyms:
    alley

Synonyms of snickelway

Forms of snickelway

pluralsnickelways
alternative formsnickleway

Origin of snickelway

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

Questions about snickelway

What does snickelway mean?
Snickelway means a narrow alley between buildings.
What part of speech is snickelway?
Snickelway is a noun.
What is the plural of snickelway?
The plural of snickelway is snickelways.

Words near snickelway in the dictionary

  1. snick or snee
  2. snicked
  3. snicked or sneed
  4. snickelfritz
  5. snickelfritzes
  6. snickelway
  7. snickelways
  8. snicker
  9. snicker licker
  10. snicker lickers
  11. snicker-snack

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