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- noun Plural form of
kettledrummer .
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Examples
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When, some five minutes later, Mahony came bustling in: he had soothed the “kettledrummers” and sent them off with a handsome gratuity, and he carried the trunk on his own shoulder, Long Jim following behind with bags and bundles: when he entered, he found little Polly sitting with her head huddled on her arms, crying as though her heart would break.
Australia Felix 2003
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In front are the chiefs, and by their side are the kettledrummers beating their instruments of war with vast energy; they always lead the way.
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