different between twitchel vs gitty

English

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English twychen (with change of suffix), from Old English twi?en (“fork in the road”).

Noun

twitchel (plural twitchels)

1. (Midlands) A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 12

     He caught her hand impulsively, and they went along the narrow twitchel.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:alley

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• witchlet

English

Alternative forms

• jitty

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??ti/

Noun

gitty (plural gitties)

1. (Midlands) A narrow pedestrian passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc.
   • 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 97:

     You could still see some of the cobbles of the jitty mouth, where it had run behind the terrace down on Andrew's Road, but it was pretty much all gone.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:alley

References

• Entry: The Free Dictionary
• Jitty: BBC Derbyshire Dictionary feature.
• Gitty: BBC Derby Conversations feature.