tambour
noun
a drum.
tambours
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present tense formof tambour (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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His house was the seat of revelry; the noise of singing and tambours was heard there from night till morning.
From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Morier
Morris, Morrice, mor′is, Morr′is-dance, n. a Moorish dance: a dance in which bells, rattles, tambours, &c. are introduced.—v.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
She could never abide me in the country, because I used to dress so badly—but odds frogs and tambours!
From The Rivals A Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Six of them had immense flat drums or tambours, which they presently began to beat noisily.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
It was what the French call la rafale des tambours de la mort—the ruffle of the drums of death.
From Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs
