[f. TWANG v.1 + -ING1.] The action of TWANG v.1 in various senses.

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1615.  Brathwait, Strappado, Poem to Cottoneers, 204. Bradford … Stile it I might Banberry of the North … Famous for twanging, Ale, Zeale, Cakes and Cheese.

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1788.  Gibbon, Decl. & F., xli. (1869), II. 505, note. The twanging of the bow.

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1831.  Carlyle, Misc. (1857), II. 284. Twanging of the true Poetic Lyre.

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1832.  Tennyson, Kate, i. Kate hath an unbridled tongue, Clear as the twanging of a harp.

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1836.  T. Hook, G. Gurney, I. 81. The loud twanging of an elderly gentleman’s nose, who was fast asleep.

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1904.  19th Cent., April, 633. The drawn, nasal twangings of the Samisen.

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