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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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TOM-TOM , or TAM-TAM , a native Indian and Asiatic word, reduplicated and onomatopoeic in form, for a drum, hence often loosely applied to the various types of primitive drum used for purposes of religious excitement, war, signalling, &c. by savage tribes throughout the world. The term is applied strictly to the metal gongs of the Far East, which are flat disks with a shallow rim.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tom-Tom'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​t/tom-tom.html. 1910.
 
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