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twankay

twankay noun: a variety of green tea.

Noun

twankay (countable and uncountable, plural twankays)

  1. (archaic) A variety of green tea.
    • Hyson, including superior Twankay, at 3s.1827 December, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, volume 24, page 798
    • The varieties of green tea are, twankay, and several kinds of hyson: the former is a coarse article.1837, “On Dietetic Chemistry”, in Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, volume 3, page 252

Forms of twankay

pluraltwankays
alternative formTwankay
alternative formTwankey

Origin of twankay

From Chinese 屯溪 (Túnxī, “Tunxi district, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, China”).

Questions about twankay

What does twankay mean?
Twankay means a variety of green tea.
What part of speech is twankay?
Twankay is a noun.
What is the plural of twankay?
The plural of twankay is twankays.

Words near twankay in the dictionary

  1. twangs
  2. twangster
  3. twangsters
  4. twangy
  5. twank
  6. twankay
  7. twankays
  8. twanked
  9. Twankey
  10. Twankeys
  11. twanking

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