Inklemaker in a drangway

Posted by Graham Cambray February 17, 2009 at 09:15In reply to Inklemaker in a drangway posted by Teresa on February 17, 2009 at 08:44:

In reading a book by Susan Howatch, she used the phrase, "like an inklemaker in a drangway." What is the origin and meaning of this phrase?

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I don't think this is a phrase as such - more a case of someone putting two dialect words together. It would mean "like a busy person in an alleyway. (GC)