Lexicographical Neighbors of Twanger
Literary usage of Twanger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... toy ; touch - her - home (URQUHART) ; touch-trap (URQUHART) ; trifle;
trouble-giblets (URQUHART) ; tug-mutton ; twanger (FLORIO). Uncle ; unruly-member. ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"... twanger (New York, 1859; revised ed., 1867); " The Natural History of Gems,"
by CW King (London, 1867); " Diamonds and Precious Stories," by Harry ..."
3. The Story of Norway by Hjalmar H[jorth] Boyesen (1886)
"Absolute consistency would, however, give to some names a too cumbrous look, as,
for instance, Einar the twanger of Thamb (Thamb being the name of his bow), ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"See " A Popular Treatise on Gems," by Dr. L. Feur.h- twanger (New York, 1859;
revised ed., 1867); " The Natural History of Gems," by CW King (London, 1867); ..."
5. Dramatic Scenes by Barry Cornwall (1857)
"PHILOSTRATUS. Ha, lia ! Now where's tlie modest, moonlight lover ? The twanger
of guitars, the ? Peace Í He stood Like naming anger in the ..."
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