twanka-pang, twank-a-pank
An imitation of the sound of a banjo or guitar.
| 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Companions 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. |