Meanings
plural snickets
- Northern EnglandA narrow passage or alley.First known use 19th c.
He cut down a snicket between two houses, out into the fields.
1968, Barry Hines, A Kestrel for a Knave1 more example
Our bikes are where we left them at the entrance to an overgrown snicket of yew, ivy and Hart's-tongue fern, through which a stream dribbles its way into the Ouse.
2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate, published 2018, page 89Synonyms: alley
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA narrow passage or alley.
Origin
Etymology unknown, but the shape of the word seems usual for the region. Perhaps compare similar snithe (“to cut, etc.”), also from Northern dialect, and thicket.
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snicket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snicket
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