Definition of Twangings

1. twanging [n] - See also: twanging

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twangings

twain
twain cloud
twains
twaite
twaites
twal
twals
twang
twanged
twanger
twangers
twangier
twangiest
twanging
twangingly
twangings (current term)
twangle
twangled
twangler
twanglers
twangles
twangling
twangs
twangy
twank
twankay
twankays
twanked
twankies
twanking

Literary usage of Twangings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs ...by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1852)
"... &c., did speak no more guttural!, or twangings, than the Inhabitants doe now. The tone, accent, &c., depends on the ..."

2. Travels in the United States, Etc., During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"A loud beating of numerous wooden drums and sundry twangings of guitars and violins, announced that a fandango had commenced : I began to fear our knight of ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazineby Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1849)
"... well known and celebrated among naval visitors to St. Jago, contributed not a little to our amusement with sundry twangings. of the light guitar, ..."

4. The Life of Henry Irving by Austin Brereton (1908)
"The fitful excesses of his closing speech are the twangings of the bow from which the arrow of avenging destiny shall one day fly straight to the mark. ..."

5. San Francisco and Thereabout by Charles Augustus Keeler (1902)
"The musicians, at the back of the stage, keep up an infernal bang and clatter, mingled with shrill twangings, pipings and ..."

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