rogue's tattoon.Militaryslang the playing of drums by a military band to accompany the expulsion of an offender from a regiment; cf. rogue's marchn.
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1894 R. D. BlackmorePerlycross I. xi. 152 To have him drummed out of the parish to the rogue's tattoo.
1995 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 22 Apr. The ‘drumming-out’ of a disgraced soldier, who was forced to face the drumming of a ‘Rogue's Tattoo’ or ‘Rogue's March’.