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Webster 1913 Edition


Tam-tam

Tam′-tamˊ

,
Noun.
[Hind.; of imitative origin.]
(Mus.)
(a)
A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; – called also
tom-tom
.
(b)
A gong. See
Gong
,
Noun.
, 1.