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tam-tam

  [tuhm-tuhm, tam-tam]
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–noun
1. a gong with indefinite pitch.
2. tom-tom.
Origin:
1775–85; var. of tom-tom
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tom-tom

  [tom-tom]
–noun
1. a drum of American Indian or Asian origin, commonly played with the hands.
2. a dully repetitious drumbeat or similar sound.
Also, tam-tam.

Origin:
1685–95; < Hindi ṭamṭam
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tom-tom 
1693, "drum" (originally used in India), from Hindi tam-tam, probably of imitative origin (cf. Sinhalese tamat tama and Malay tong-tong).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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