a. [f. TWANG sb.1 and 2 + -Y.] Having a twang (in various senses). In quot. 1887, having a tang (TANG sb.1 5).

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1887.  Sat. Rev., 8 Jan., 48. Worse … than any other cheese, being, as a rule, either tasteless or else twangy.

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1893.  E. H. Barker, Wand. Southern Waters, 126. It [the American voice] becomes less twangy and harsh a little farther South.

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1905.  Blackw. Mag., March, 387/2. Hendriks showed off … on the twangy piano.

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  Hence Twanginess, twanging quality. rare.

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1870.  Black, Kilmeny, xxvi. The twanginess of the guitar.

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