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OP In a description of an incident in what sjmaxq calls the Sepoy Revolution I saw the following:
"The beating of drums, the rattle of tomtoms,.."
Which surprised me a bit, as I thought the word was from
American aborigine (thought I was going to say Indian, didn't you ?) ceremonial musical percussion instrument.
So I tried to check this, starting with a dictionary definition.
You won't believe it, but I could not find a dictionary definition of this word! Dozens of sites about its use in software ads.
I still think it a doubtful choice to describe an Asian Indian percussion instrument. Comments, please.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted tomtom wwh 12/10/03 12:13 AM Re: tomtom Bingley 12/10/03 04:58 AM Re: tomtom of troy 12/10/03 02:51 PM
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