This colourfully archaic English verb, thought to have origins in the Leeds and immediate Yorkshire area, means to shake or knock something violently.
In this online archive, a dialect example is given: “Let me nobbud fin' onny on 'em at it an' al spangwheng-el ther necks ramd.”
It’s also related to another verb, spangwhew. To hurl someone or something with violence. “I spangwhaew'd him horf waay across o't' road ; ah wur so mad as that.”
In this section of deliberate obscurity, this not a word to crop up in song lyrics, but for fun, here’s a small selection of classic tunes and more recents to illustrate it more:
Feel free to share anything more in relation to shaky connections to spanwhengling, whether in music or wider culture, such as from film, art, or other contexts, in comments below.
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