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tum tum

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  1. alternative Alternative form of tum-tum (“tummy”). (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?
  2. alternative Alternative form of tum-tum (“kind of vehicle”).
  3. alternative Alternative form of tumtum (“kind of drum”). 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 […]

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@misc{tum_tum_2026,
  title = {tum tum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tum%20tum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}