twanka-pangtwank-a-pankn.
An imitation of the sound of a banjo or guitar.
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1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. vi. 201 This banjo..was being played. The night retreated hastily before its impudent twanka-pang, twanka-pang.
1980 M. Gilbert Death of Favourite Girl i. 6 Twank-a-pank... The guitar quickened to a livelier tempo.
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