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† thwick-thwack Obs.
[Redupl. f. thwack.]
The repetition or exchange of thwacks.
1575R. B. Appius & Virg. B ij b, With thwicke thwack, with thump thump, With bobbing and bum. 1582Stanyhurst Conceits in æneis, etc. (Arb.) 138 With peale meale ramping, with thwick thwack sturdelye thundring. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Torche, Torche lorgue, words, like our thwicke thwacke, expressing a liberall and free dole of blowes. 1670Ray Prov. 53 When a couple are newly married, the first moneth is honey-moon or smick smack: the second is, hither and thither: the third is, thwick thwack. 1783Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) i. s.v. Thwack, To lay on thwick, thwack, ictus geminare. |