twanger
(ˈtwæŋə(r))
[f. twang v.1 + -er1.]
One who or that which twangs. a. One who plays a twanging instrument. b. Anything very large or fine of its kind; a whacker. slang.
| 1598 Florio, Tempélla, a fiddle, a croud, or kit. Also a great swaggring twanger. 1631 Hausted Rival Friends i. iii, You euerlasting Twanger [boy with a lute]—Auoyd. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iii. 59 Well,..Doth it not ring aloud like a Twanger, that the Angels should ring Bells in Heaven unto the honour of the Trinity? 1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Twanger, a barefaced lie. 1889 Ibid. (ed. 2) s.v., Them to'nups e' th' foherteen aacre is twangers. |