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ˈtwangling, ppl. a. [f. twangle v. + -ing2.] That twangles.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 239 A tuneable sounde vpon twangling stringes. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. ii. i. 159 While she did call me Rascall, Fidler, And twangling Iacke. 1610― Temp. iii. ii. 146 Sometimes a thousand twangling Instruments Will hum about mine eares. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. viii, Far less has it [my life] allowed me leisure for such twangling follies. 1831― Ct. Rob. iii, Some one..who could contribute to his pleasure, instead of a twangling, squalling infant. 1867Athenæum No. 2062. 587/2 Little twangling musical-box. |