zambomba
Definitions
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- noun A Spanish friction drum, consisting of a ceramic pot with a skin and a pole in the middle. To play it, the stick is rubbed to make a deep sound.
Examples
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Experts have determined that there's only one thing more annoying than Chris Martin from Coldplay, and that's Chris Martin from Coldplay dancing the flamenco in a giant sombrero while bibbling about on a zambomba.
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Leam, irresolute what to do, sat in the garden under the shadow of the cut-leaved hornbeam, from the branches of which Pepita used to swing in her hammock, smoking cigarettes and striking her zambomba.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876
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Instead, revellers take the opportunity to indulge in some musical frivolity and bang a large traditional bass drum called the zambomba.
Note
The word 'zambomba' was borrowed from Spanish. The drum is often used in flamenco music.
