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Significados de kettledrum en inglés

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A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.

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Uso de kettledrum en inglés
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The whole capsule vibrated with it like a pea in a kettledrum.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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The priest beat upon a kettledrum, and the echoes rolled through the temple.
Historical Miniatures
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I will play the lute, and you shall beat the kettledrum.
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
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I can play the lute, and you can play the kettledrum.
The Beacon Second Reader
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At half-past eleven a kettledrum sounds a summons to the Jami or Cathedral.
First Footsteps in East Africa
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Her walking dress was manifestly a dress inappropriate to a kettledrum.
Manners and Social Usages
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That kettledrum at the lodge is one of the brightest spots in my memory.
My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph
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So a kettledrum became the most fashionable of entertainments.
Manners and Social Usages
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But his voice was as deep as a kettledrum and it vibrated in my bones.
Boy’s Life
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He made a flailing backwards fall into a kettledrum.
The system of the world
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You never do buy your round.' He threw a kettledrum stick, narrowly missing Lol's head.
The Long Earth
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A deep boom from a large kettledrum sounded.
Spells
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The redcoats discharge their muskets with deep hissing booms, like handfuls of sand hurled against a kettledrum.
Quicksilver
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When the smoke cleared, there was nothing left but a burning chariot wheel and a half-melted kettledrum.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
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A kettledrum of a thump told him that life still breathed within the yards of white smock.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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Kumran hearing of this was very angry, for the beating of a kettledrum is a sign of Empire.
The Adventures of Akbar
Sobre este término
Translations for kettledrum
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Kettledrum a través del tiempo