单词 | tom-tom player, |
释义 | > as lemmastom-tom player, General attributive and objective, as tom-tom drum, tom-tom player, etc. ΚΠ 1792 T. Law Sketch Late Arrangem. Bengal 196 Tomtom Beater. 1857 J. G. Wilkinson Egyptians 28 The trumpet was chiefly confined to the military band; to which also belonged, though not exclusively, the tomtom drum, the clappers, and a few others. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 59 The band consisted of three fiddlers and a tam-tam beater. 1908 H. H. Johnston G. Grenfell & Congo II. xxv. 719 A drum of the tom-tom form is used. 1971 V. Stanton Keith Partridge Master Spy 44 Again, Keith's heart was beating tom-tom style. 2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Nov. 28 To the side, a tom-tom player slapped his drum. < as lemmas |
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