dhrum

An 'whin we marched behind the dhrum to patriotic tunes,

Slattery's Light Dragoons 2000

"Arrah," said Terence, as he took his place, "I'd as soon l'ave me gun behind as Davy and the dhrum."

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

"Arrah," said Terence, as he took his place, "I'd as soon l'ave me gun behind as Davy and the dhrum."

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

"Arrah," said Terence, as he took his place, "I'd as soon l'ave me gun behind as Davy and the dhrum."

The Crossing 1904

Hon'orable Joe Choate moved that in future wars no military band shud be considered complete without a base-dhrum.

Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Th 'man with th' dhrum walloped him over th 'head with th' dhrum-stick, an 'Dorsey Quinn wint over an' tuk a slide trombone away fr'm the musician an 'clubbed th' bass dhrum man with it.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Peter Nolan tuk a runnin 'jump, an' landed feet first in th 'big bass dhrum.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

In 'Tur-rble Tom; or, th' Boys iv Ninety-eight, 'that I see wanst, th' man that's th 'main guy iv th' thing he waits till ivry wan has said what he has to say, an 'he has a clean field; an' thin he jumps in as th 'man that plays th' big dhrum gives it an upper cut.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Sor, I am bould to say that yersilf, honored as ye are fer hevin 'the biggest hid on the shmallest body in the world, had yer hid been as big as a base dhrum an' yer body as shmall as a marble, ye would be regarded as av no impartance in comparison wid this ould witch av a Gran'mother Cruncher. "

Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Lemuel Ely Quigg