twangern.
/ˈtwaŋə/ One who or that which twangs.
1. One who plays a twanging instrument.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun]
twangler1594
twanger1598
wire-drawera1627
thrummer1706
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string player1923
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tempélla, a fiddle, a croud, or kit. Also a great swaggring twanger.
1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends i. iii You euerlasting Twanger [boy with a lute]—Auoyd.
2. Anything very large or fine of its kind; a whacker. slang.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing
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1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iii. 59 Well,..Doth it not ring aloud like a Twanger, that the Angels should ring Bells in Heaven unto the honour of the Trinity?
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Twanger, a barefaced lie.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) (at cited word) Them to'nups e' th' foherteen aacre is twangers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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