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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small double-headed drum having one or more wires or cords stretched across the bottom head to increase reverberation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
side-drum .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create arattling sound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
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