10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWANKAY»
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twankay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Dutch East India Company's Tea Trade with China: 1757 - 1781
... Inksja Congou Bohea, Congou, Twankay, Songlo, Hyson, Imperial tea
Souchong, Congou, Pekoe, Songlo Twankay, Songlo Bohea (with porcelain)
Congou Congou Souchong, Hyson, Twankay Souchong, Pekoe, Hyson, Bohea
Souchong, ...
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Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio, and Tea Talk
No alteration Twankay Is Od to Is 'id. ditto Twankay Hy. kd 2s Id to 2s id. ditto
Hyson 2s Sd to 5s. In request Young Hyson Is 9d to 3s 2d ditto Imperial 2s 9rf to
3s 3d ditto Gunpowder 3s 3rf to 4# 6d ditto Clearances of Tea for the week
ending ...
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REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES: FOURTEEN VOLUMES
And of that green, how much of it would be twankay or inferior green, and how
much superior green ? — It would consist of a much larger proportion of the lower
descriptions of green. 869. A great proportion of it is the lower? — Yes. 870.
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House of Commons Papers
The solution of the question is, that bohea now finds 4 April 1856. its way here,
partly in the shape of congou, but the bulk under the semblance of Canton
gunpowder, young hyson, caper, &c. ; the twankay is metamorphosed into hyson,
...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1856
Rather broken and stalky, mixed with \ s. d. 2 o J common Indian fannings,
common I «-Ss I O j Twankay and Gunpowder ; very poor 1 I 3 •• i 5 • • \ and thin
liquor / !Very common, broken and dusty, mixed j with seeds, rice husks, straw
and ...
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Annals of British Legislation
There is now scarcely any bohea or twankay imported (at least under those
names) to what there was formerly. The Canton alchymists, with the assistance of
the British merchant, have discovered the art of transmuting these common
grades ...
7
Annual Report of the Montreal Board of Trade ...
... 527,450 Gunpowder 131,040 71,695 86,970 203,710 Imperial. . .. . . . . . . . . .. .. .
. .. 182,040 103,320 54,840 78,120 Hyson Skill . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 10,665 34,425
40,590 39,060 Twankay 28,200 48,900 127,150 60,900 Hyson Twankay .
Montréal (Québec). Board of Trade, 1869
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Commercial Statistics: A Digest of the Productive Resources, ...
0 1-539 0 -437 I 7-738 0 -610 0 -509 0 4-200 0 1-816 0 -479 Souchong. 1 11022
0 -712 0 -593 0 4-200 Twankay. ToTAI 1 5-313 1 7-728 !» 0-841 Is 4952 0 2.070
0 -508 2 8-795 4000 -49t H yson Skin. Hyson. •4IÎ 0 5-250 0 0 4-406 to» □424 ...
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Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
Twankay Gunpowder. . . Imperial Total Green.. Total all Bohea. . . . Souchong. .
Pouchong. . Pekoe. 14,248 61,363 81,736 4,872 6,614 6,939 114,772 170,588
Total Black . Hyson Young Hyson . Hyson Skin.. . , Twankay. Gunpowder.
Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, Isaac Smith Homans, 1850
10
Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes
Enter Gamboge running; he hides himself behind counter. Slybootszee runs off h.
Twankay and Awphizpheed run up c. and look off r. and L. (N.B. Gamboge has a
patch on his right eye, a portfolio, and a small banjo on his back) . Twankay ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWANKAY»
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twankay is used in the context of the following news items.
Why twerking sounds so stupid
She was first spelled Twankay, being named after a popular variety of green tea. The origins of the tea's name (spelled twanky on its first appearance in print in ... «Spectator.co.uk, Dec 13»
Michael Grade's History of the Pantomime Dame, BBC Four
An 1861 photograph showed that his Widow Twankey (originally Twankay, a cheap kind of tea) was quite plain in make-up and costume by comparison to ... «The Arts Desk, Dec 12»
