Lexicographical Neighbors of Twangles
Literary usage of Twangles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"Something perchance of passion, hut the vain Short fever of the heart whose every
string twangles to Self's monotonous hard strain, The song a satyr might ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"The young Andrea boars up gaily, however ; twangles his guitar, paints the worst
pictures in the world, and pens sonnets to his imaginary mistress's eyebrow ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"The young Andrea bears up gaily, however; twangles his guitar, paints the worst
pictures in the world, and pens sonnets to his imaginary mistress's eyebrow. ..."
4. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"Twang, n. (1) accent. " He's a south- country twang wi' him." (2) A sudden pang.
(3) A quick pull. twangles, n. a weak sickly child or person. ..."
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