10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWANGER»
Discover the use of
twanger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
twanger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Magic of Light: Poems
The tree shrouded in mist rises through the day, your wife in an Afro, graying now
, the magic twanger plunked, you with a peace chain. You dry your eyes with the
towel from the powder soap box. You stick in the knife and swirl it around, ...
2
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
twang(e)y . A tailor: North Country: ca 1780–1850. ?a musical pun, or a phonetic
relative of STANG(E)Y. twanging . Excellent: coll: 1609, Jonson; †by 1700. cf.
TWANGER The Routledge dictionary of historical slang 5692.
Eric Partridge, Jacqueline Simpson, 1973
3
Nuts to You!: Short Fictions
Adam's. Magic,. or. "Plunk. Your. Magic. Twanger,. Froggy!" This day, like the five
or fifty-five or five thousand five hundred fifty-five preceding it, is too much with
him. He suffocates, chokes to death-in-life, under the weight of the albuminous ...
Louis Daniel Brodsky, 2004
Finally, sing the words as written, working to keep your twanger tightened. You
will almost certainly get a better bottom note. Work on the phrase 'From the table
in the corner'. This is usually sung by a tenor, who needs to make a crescendo on
...
5
Sailing to Monoceros: The Secret Journal
The antics of the Serpentine Ladies Auxiliary were a close second to those of
outrageous Froggy the Gremlin, strumming the mysterious ukulele-like instrument
known as a “magic twanger.” This unpredictable green puppet strummed the
cords ...
Marilyn J. Ninomiya, 2011
6
Strength for the Broken Places
But the biggest response from the kids cameevery week when Andy would walk
overtohis grandfather clock andcall out, "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" Ican'
t remember ever wondering exactly whata "twanger" was,orwhat it mightmean to
...
7
Hand-held Visions: The Impossible Possibilities of Community ...
Plunk. Your. Magic. Twanger: Community. Control. of. Technology. lanuary. 1.
991. OAK RIDGE, TENNEssEE, was a technical town. There was OUR
technology and THEIR technology. Television was OUR technology. It was in
Oak Ridge that ...
8
The Mother of All Toddler Books
Twanger What toddler can resist a twanger — a musical instrument that consists
of a doorstop attached to a piece of wood? Just one quick word of caution before
you set your future pop star loose with his twanger: Make sure that the rubber tip
...
9
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Baumann. twanged. See twanging, 2. twanger. Anything very fine or (e.g. a lie)
large: dial, and 5.: from ca. 1870; very ob. as s. For semantics, cf. twanging
entries. twang(e)y. A tailor: N. Country: ca. 1780—1850. (Grose, 15t ed)? a
musical pun, ...
Red Jacket broke Rabbit's win streak in D while Country Woman, The Magic
Twanger and~AI BerneI's well-sailed Robin were one-two-three in Class E. At the
halfway point, it was Scaramouche, Running Tide, Robin Too /I, Dynamite, Salty ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWANGER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
twanger is used in the context of the following news items.
J.S. Wildhack, Punch Up!
Punch Up! opens with "Enough of Me," a confident, boot-tappin' twanger. Wildhack is not shy about his late-night escapades, laying his words out like winning ... «Seven Days, Jul 15»
So, Taylor Swift is going to Gillette and you're not
Invite friends to come over dressed in one of Taylor's many looks, from curly-haired country twanger to leather-clad Catastrophe. Do a power-hour to Taylor's ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»
The pen-pushers of Retellpur: nine books waiting to be written
His new book, The Tambura Twanger of Thiruvayyaru, might be due for release in December. We welcome your comments at letters@scroll.in. ×. PrevNext. «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
Mark Ronson "I Can't Lose" (ft. Keyone Starr) (video)
The video is loaded with an assortment of shadowy crowd members and neon-lit instruments, the latter including Ronson's shiny electric twanger. Together, he ... «Exclaim!, Jun 15»
Reflections on a Teen Bra Twanger
According to the account given by this mother, the answer to that question is when it's a 15 year old boy twanging the bra strap of a 15 year old girl. I've read this ... «Huffington Post UK, Mar 15»
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World Capitol
"Carolina Low" is a spooky twanger that rhymes sea with thee in the unsettling mist of Appalachian ambiguity. "Lake Song" is virtually a Nick Drake homage, ... «Rolling Stone Australia, Jan 15»
Friday essential tracks from Captain Beefheart, Lorde, more
... and the three others bode just as well for their future. The best is “Your Side of Town,” catchy, up-tempo dance-twanger about love, heartbreak and home turf. «Los Angeles Times, Nov 14»
Ozzy Osbourne on being Ozzy: 'You got to be somebody special'
If anything, he is a benign gremlin, not dissimilar from the early Americann TV star Froggy the Gremlin. Plunk your magic twanger, Ozzy. Hiya kids! Hiya! Hiya. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
Fins to the Left returns after two-year hiatus
“Our first gig was at the Magic Twanger in Boardman, and we just took it from there,” Lawless said. “The band was Margaritaville, which was the most logical ... «Youngstown Vindicator, Jul 14»
Rebirth - the Original Slamgrass Orchestra makes...
For ten years the spirited and hilarious Tweed Twangers were a fixture on the Tweed music scene and beyond. Under the leadership of "Red Scratchit" (Scott ... «www.insidebelleville.com/bellevilleregion-news/, May 14»
