Lexicographical Neighbors of Twangings
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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