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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun   Same as 
tattoo . 
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The word "taps" is an alteration of the obsolete word "taptoo," derived from the Dutch
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The word "taps" is an alteration of the obsolete word "taptoo," derived from the Dutch
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The word "taps" is an alteration of the obsolete word "taptoo," derived from the Dutch
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Don't hould me, Dick; if I was sworn ten times over, I'll bate the divil's taptoo on his ould carkage. "
The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
 
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