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What’S A Ginnel Alley?

ginnel (plural ginnels) (England, especially Yorkshire, Lancashire, Manchester) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses. What do British people call alley way? ginnelWhat do a “ginnel” and a “twitten” have in common? They are both local words meaning an alleyway – but are popularly used at opposite ends of England. What’s the difference …

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Is Tube A Slang?

“The Tube”, slang for television, from the term cathode-ray tube. What does tube mean as an insult? stupid or contemptible personA tube – also spelt choob – is a “stupid or contemptible person; an idiot“, and is frequently used as a “disparaging form of address”, the dictionary says. Roaster means an “obnoxious, annoying, or otherwise …

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