twingle-twangle

That the martial clangour of a trumpet had something in it vastly more grand, heroic, and sublime than the twingle-twangle of

The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777

In his letter to the author, acknowledging the receipt of his book, Burns says, "I own, sir, at first glance, several of your propositions startle me as paradoxical: that the martial clangour of a trumpet had something in it vastly more grand, heroic, and sublime than the twingle-twangle of a Jew's-harp; that the delicate flexure of

Robert Burns John Campbell Shairp 1852