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Definition of Twangle
1. v. i. & t. To twang.
Definition of Twangle
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To twang. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twangle
1. to twang [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] - See also: twang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twangle
Literary usage of Twangle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"... to our sweet Marjorie. pipers three; Old King Coul was a jolly old son), And
they brought him in harpers three: Twingle-twangle, ..."
2. The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire by James Paterson, Charles Gray (1847)
"And they brought him in harpers three: Twingle-twangle, ... twingle-twangle, went
the harpers ; Ha-didel, ho-didel, ha-didel, ho-didel, went the pipers ..."
3. Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland: With Many Old and Familiar Melodies by Robert Ford (1899)
"Twana-rang, twana-rang, twana-rang, went the trumpeters, Twingle-twangle, ...
twangle, went the harpers, Ha-diddle, how-diddle, ha, went the pipers, ..."
4. Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc by David Herd, Sidney Gilpin (1870)
"Old King COUL was a jolly old foul, And a jolly old foul was he ; Old King COUL
he had a brown-bowl, And they brought him in harpers three : Twingle-twangle ..."
5. Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc. by David Herd, Sidney Gilpin, George Paton (1870)
"... And a jolly old foul was he ; Old King COUL he had a brown-bowl, And they
brought him in harpers three : Twingle-twangle, ..."
6. Songs from David Herd's Manuscripts by David Herd, Hans Hecht (1904)
"... 3rd :) . . harpers three Twingle-twangle, twingle-twangle with ] the harpers,
... with [the] trumpeters, 20 Twingle-twangle, ..."
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