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Definition of Gennel
1. ginnel [n -S] - See also: ginnel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gennel
Literary usage of Gennel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"L. See CAMBRIL. GAMBREL LEGGED, adj. cow legged. Said of a horse. L. GAMMEL or
GANNEL, s. a slut; also a narrow entry or passage L. See gennel and GINNEL. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"And the language the old gennel- man used about 'lectures'! Well, you should have
heard it, Sir." " But what becomes of the farm, GILES ? ..."
3. A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian: With Extracts from His Son's Journal by Julian Charles Young (1871)
"Well, I rather pitied the old gennel- man ; so I says, says I, " I '11 tell you
what it is, Master Solomon,—you wants ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"GIN-HOIL, sb. a footpath in Dore with a wall on each side and a post at each end.
Probably the same as gennel, ..."
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