Or of the well thumped tom-tom of happy Hindustan. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 12, 1890] Reference
Kate felt a real terror of the sound of a tom-tom. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
The tomato tom-tom story really is a heartbreaker, though. From Wordnik.com. [2 good 2 be 4 gotten] Reference
He fell back on the pillow, his heart thudding like a tom-tom. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
The tom-tom burst forth, the chants became louder, the dance swifter. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheep Eaters] Reference
He had heard all kinds of music, from the Spanish band to the Samoan tom-tom. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
He hoped there would be a tom-tom, and some of the dark people from the Far East. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
And then a quaint, drumming noise like the sound of a distant tom-tom summoned them to tea. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
The wild music of the tom-tom, a primitive Arab drum, seemed to us never to cease at Biskra. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
GRACE: Let ` s go out to Tom O ` Neil, senior editor with "In Touch Weekly" Welcome back tom-tom. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 05, 2006] Reference
It was as with the negroes, tom-tom playing themselves to red madness each night under the ridge. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
The real meaning of the tom-tom drums may be unnoticable to some northern ears, but come on people. From Wordnik.com. [TN-SEN: Corker Radio Ad Has "Jungle Drums" During Mentions Of Ford] Reference
On it, between flaring torches, stood a giant who held a kettledrum beneath one arm like a tom-tom. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Torturer]
As it was sunset the wild yet mournful sound of tom-tom and kettle and cymbal and reed suddenly struck up. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton] Reference
Pasteboard bows and arrows are supplied, and everyone is told to return at the summons of a beaten tom-tom. From Wordnik.com. [Entertaining Made Easy] Reference
Hence the incessant drumming, as the music of the tom-tom seems to be an indispensable adjunct to Arab enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
Although the hard surface behind her felt reassuring, her heart was still pounding like a tom-tom inside her chest. From Wordnik.com. [What Dreams May Come]
Waiting, listening, agonising, the tom-tom growing louder and louder -- or was it only the throbbing in her own head?. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
Behind the tent in the men's lines a tom-tom was beating, and the irregular rhythm seemed hammering inside her own head. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
There was no tom-tom serenade such as usually heralds the coming of night; no fires were lighted; the evening meal was forgotten. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
A tom-tom, or rough kind of long drum, is beaten by two men, to the noise of which (for it was anything but music) they keep time. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
More rarely, in some small, out-of-the-way plaza, would sound the sinister thud of the tom-tom, beating out of the hollow of the ages. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
For some time he stood alone, the drum, or tom-tom, lifted by its thong against his legs, his right hand drumming, his face expressionless. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
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