Definition of "tom-toms" [tom-toms]

• Plural form of tom-tom. (noun)

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• "And we encountered other men, fiercer, bigger, who faced us on the beaches in open fight, showering us with spears and arrows, while the great tree drums and the little tom-toms rumbled and rattled war across the tree-filled hollows, and all the hills were pillared with signal - smokes."
• "In order to ascertain the actual progress or lack of progress regarding recommencement of municipal water delivery, we have to circulate in the streets and inquire of neighbors as to what the local tom-toms tell them."
• "I think most of us in Melbourne are feeling so helpless to do anything of any real value for all these people, that putting a word out on the digital tom-toms at least gives us some kind of purpose."