Lexicographical Neighbors of Tommed
Literary usage of Tommed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chinese by John Stuart Thomson (1909)
"... Theater the curtain is rung up (or really tom-tommed up) to reveal some slain
subaltern of Port Arthur in the act of tearing down a Russian flag, ..."
2. The Chinese by John Stuart Thomson (1909)
"... Theater the curtain is rung up (or really tom-tommed up) to reveal some slain
subaltern of Port Arthur in the act of tearing down a Russian flag, ..."
3. Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria: With Visits to Sydney and by William Howitt (1858)
"... there should be any such amazing carelessness, and when we went up this gully
we found the whole of it most carefully dug out and tommed. ..."
4. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"... on her ceiling a grain-light platform fitted on riders which were previously "
tommed up" to the height required. The platform was 10 inches high near ..."
5. Egypt in 1898 by George Warrington Steevens (1898)
"Every limb and every gesture spelt a mixture of insane fury and imbecile good -
fellowship. Now he seized a water- bottle and slung it on, tom-tommed up and ..."
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