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Definition of Twanks
1. twank [n] - See also: twank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twanks
| twangings twangle twangled twangler twanglers twangles twangling twangs twangy twank | twankay twankays twanked twankies twanking twanks (current term) twanky twas twasome twasomes |
Literary usage of Twanks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"A quick pull, a sudden seizure ; a tweak or twitch. A slightly unpleasant
taste.—Brockett. T WANK, to punish with a strap or cane. twanks or ..."
2. From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: Sketches in Ceylon and India by Edward Carpenter (1892)
"Besides the regular notes belonging to any given scale, the Hindus use the quarter
tones, or srutis, a good deal in the little turns and twanks of which ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Edward Vaughan Kenealy by Edward Vaughan Kenealy (1878)
"Ascending farther up these slimy banks, We stand upon a bleak broad Ocean shore,
That stretches onward, outward ; shrilly twanks The hoarse and sable wave, ..."
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