Tum

_Tum, tum, tum, tum_, another woman came down the steps, and stopped at the water's edge. ❋ George Bird Grinnell (1893)

_Tum, tum, tum, tum_, he could hear their footsteps as they came down the path, and he looked eagerly at every one. ❋ George Bird Grinnell (1893)

It was the sort of theme a wolf could appreciate, for it related to the free - dom of the great outdoors, the rolling bushes called tum - bleweeds drifting in the wind across the plain, cares of the world left behind. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1982)

The fourth degree of possession is that given to the nearest cognates: the fifth is that called tum quam ex familia: the sixth, that given to the patron and patroness, their children and parents: the seventh, that given to the husband or wife of the deceased: the eighth, that given to cognates of the manumitter. ❋ John Baron Moyle (1891)

6 The possession of goods which formerly stood seventh in the list, which was called tum quam ex familia, and that which stood eighth, namely, the possession entitled unde liberi patroni patronaeque et parentes eorum, we have altogether suppressed by our constitution respecting the rights of patrons. ❋ John Baron Moyle (1891)

The boy remained silent a few seconds and then said "tum" again. ❋ Samuel Butler (1868)

The child saw well what was coming now, was frightened, and, of course, said "tum" once more. ❋ Samuel Butler (1868)

These tough economic times present an interesting financial conundrum for our tum-tums. ❋ Manisha Thakor (2010)

Christopher Madin's (pre-recorded) music pitches from appropriately thrilling percussives (the tick-tock of the clock in the crocodile's tum) to swelling choruses that overwhelm the action. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Why, when she played her one-two-three, tum-tum-tum, I was in the seventh heaven of bliss. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In person, he's got grandad-like qualities: he comes in to the interview complaining about a dicky tum. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Even though, sometimes, my vanity gets the better of me and I wish I could have a flat tum and bum again! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of what use were the Sunday schools, the night schools, and the sewing classes, when in the evenings there was Joe Garland with his infernal and eternal tum-tumming of guitar and ukulele, his strong drink, and his hula dancing? ❋ Unknown (2010)