Definition of "quaqua" []

• A musical instrument of the southern negroes of the United States resembling a drum. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "By the way, my daughter almost 2 calls all water birds "quaqua," so if you stick with that for ducks, geese, pelicans or seagulls you're all good around here."
• "Nihil quicquid homini tam prosperum divinitus datum, quin ei admixtum sit aliquid difficultatis ut etiam amplissima quaqua laetitia, subsit quaepiam vel parva querimonia conjugatione quadam mellis, et fellis."
• "Not much attention was yet paid to Native American music, but a sociological interest was taken in some of the instruments slaves had brought from Africa, such as the “banjor” (banjo), the “barrafou” (which resembled a xylophone), and the “quaqua” (a kind of drum)."