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tum tum en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of tum-tum (“tummy”).
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   • (Turns towards me, opens his eyes and mouth, and hums the REPRISE somewhere down in his throat.) […] Friend No. 1 (stopping in his tum tum tum). What's he say? 1865, Punch, page 155:
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of tum-tum (“kind of vehicle”).
   alt of tum-tum
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of tumtum (“kind of drum”).
   alt of tumtum
   • The toombah, a drum with tin jingles and shells, accompanied songs and dances of Africans on Antigua. A report in 1844 mentions the “tum tum” (toombah) and […] 2017, Dale A. Olsen, Daniel E. Sheehy, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Routledge, →ISBN:

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