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kettledrummer

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A symphony orchestra without a kettledrummer, for instance, is about as helpless as a car without a carburetor.

From Time Magazine Archive

It beat down all his objections with the fury of a kettledrummer in a Wagnerian climax.

From Time Magazine Archive

The kettledrummer of that day had a peculiar habit of breaking in before the rest of the orchestra.

From Musical Memories by Rich, Edwin Gile

The count sent for the kettledrummer and questioned him.

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

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