snickelway

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snickelway

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

noun snickelways · snickleway

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.
Similar: alley

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@misc{snickelway_2026,
  title = {snickelway},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snickelway},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}