Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A narrow passage; an alley. Compare twitch, n., 5.
  • noun A childish old man.

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  • noun regional A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.

Etymologies

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Alteration of Middle English twychen (with change of suffix), from Old English twiċen ("fork in the road").

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Examples

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

    Sons and Lovers 1907

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