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单词 twang of the nose
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twang of the nose
a. The modification of vocal sound by its passage through the nose; nasal intonation, as formerly attributed to the Puritans; now esp. as characterizing the pronunciation of an individual, a country, or locality. More fully nasal twang, twang of the nose.
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1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 250 To find in lines of beard and face, The Physiognomy of Grace; And by the sound and twang of Nose, If all be sound within disclose.
1666 R. South Serm. preached at Lambeth-Chappel 21 To make..incoherent Stuff, seasoned with Twang and Tautology, pass for high Rhetorick and moving Preaching.
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit ii, in Tale of Tub 311 By this Method, the Twang of the Nose, becomes perfectly to resemble the Snuffle of a Bag-pipe.
1839 S. Smith Mem. & Lett. (1855) II. ccccxv She..has the true Kentucky twang through the nose, converting that promontory into an organ of speech.
1902 R. Bagot Donna Diana ii. 13 A wealthy American widow, the owner of a pronounced twang.
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