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big drum

Noun

Meaning

Big Drum (uncountable)

(music, dance, Caribbean) A genre of music and dance, and an associated festival tradition, found in many islands of the Lesser Antilles.

big drum (uncountable)

Alternative form of Big Drum

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Ted, I noted, was very busy - at the pumps, at the glasses behind, the bottles below, the merrily ringing till, like a percussion-player in some modern work who dashes with confidence from xylophone to glockenspiel to triangle to wind-machine to big drum to tambourine. Anthony Burgess

The big drum only sounds well from a distance. Persian Proverb

A fool is like the big drum that beats fast but does not realize its hollowness. Malay Proverb

When the big drum is sounded the small drums keep silence. African Proverb

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