1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
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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