Twankayn.

/ˈtwaŋkeɪ/

Forms: Also twanky.

Etymology: < Chinese Tong (or Taung) -ké (or -kei), dialect form of Tun-ki or Tun-chi, the name of two streams (and a town) in An-hui and Chi-kiang, China. Authorities differ as to which of these is the real source of the tea; S. Ball refers it generally to the ‘district’ of Tuon Ky (Twan-kay) in the province of Kiang Nan.

a. A variety of green tea (in full Twankay tea), properly that from the place so called (see above), but also applied to blends of this with other growths. A full account is given by S. Ball (1848) in the work cited below, pp. 235–240.

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the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > types of dry tea > green tea

imperial tea1699

imperial1713

green1728

gunpowder1771

cow-slip tea1796

Twankay1840

Jack the Painter1848

1840 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins xiv, in New Monthly Mag. Our conversation over the twanky and brown Georges..chiefly related to college and university matters.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Wks. (1886) XXIII. 60 We'll have a roaring pot of twankay.

1857 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold iii. xviii He didn't want to sit drinking hot grog with the old boy. He infinitely preferred cold Twankay, with the young damsel.

1864 W. Wood Few Words about Tea 7 The Green Tea-leaf is made up into six different shapes, called by us..Twankay, Hyson-Skin, Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial and Gunpowder.

attributive.1848 S. Ball Cultiv. & Manuf. Tea in China 235 A tendency to Twankay flavour.1848 S. Ball Cultiv. & Manuf. Tea in China 240 The first gathering of common Twankay shrubs.

b. slang. (See quot. 1900.)

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun]

bottled lightning1713

gin1713

royal bob1722

diddle1725

strike-fire1725

tittery1725

max1728

maxim1739

strip-me-naked1751

eye-water1755

sky blue1755

lightning1781

Jacky1800

ribbon1811

Daffy's elixir1821

sweet-stuff1835

tiger's milk1850

juniper1857

cream of the wilderness1858

satin1864

Twankay1900

panther1931

mother's ruin1933

needle and pin1937

1900 F. Adams in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. VI. 163/1 A friend mentions ‘twankay’, properly denoting a kind of green tea, as a name by which gin is frequently called.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	twankay
释义	Twankayn. /ˈtwaŋkeɪ/ Forms: Also twanky. Etymology: < Chinese Tong (or Taung) -ké (or -kei), dialect form of Tun-ki or Tun-chi, the name of two streams (and a town) in An-hui and Chi-kiang, China. Authorities differ as to which of these is the real source of the tea; S. Ball refers it generally to the ‘district’ of Tuon Ky (Twan-kay) in the province of Kiang Nan. a. A variety of green tea (in full Twankay tea), properly that from the place so called (see above), but also applied to blends of this with other growths. A full account is given by S. Ball (1848) in the work cited below, pp. 235–240. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > types of dry tea > green tea imperial tea1699 imperial1713 green1728 gunpowder1771 cow-slip tea1796 Twankay1840 Jack the Painter1848 1840 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins xiv, in New Monthly Mag. Our conversation over the twanky and brown Georges..chiefly related to college and university matters. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Wks. (1886) XXIII. 60 We'll have a roaring pot of twankay. 1857 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold iii. xviii He didn't want to sit drinking hot grog with the old boy. He infinitely preferred cold Twankay, with the young damsel. 1864 W. Wood Few Words about Tea 7 The Green Tea-leaf is made up into six different shapes, called by us..Twankay, Hyson-Skin, Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial and Gunpowder. attributive.1848 S. Ball Cultiv. & Manuf. Tea in China 235 A tendency to Twankay flavour.1848 S. Ball Cultiv. & Manuf. Tea in China 240 The first gathering of common Twankay shrubs. b. slang. (See quot. 1900.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] bottled lightning1713 gin1713 royal bob1722 diddle1725 strike-fire1725 tittery1725 max1728 maxim1739 strip-me-naked1751 eye-water1755 sky blue1755 lightning1781 Jacky1800 ribbon1811 Daffy's elixir1821 sweet-stuff1835 tiger's milk1850 juniper1857 cream of the wilderness1858 satin1864 Twankay1900 panther1931 mother's ruin1933 needle and pin1937 1900 F. Adams in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. VI. 163/1 A friend mentions ‘twankay’, properly denoting a kind of green tea, as a name by which gin is frequently called. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1840
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