rataplan

Then comes the military réveille, and the deafening 'rataplan' of regimental drums, and the town is soon alive with people arriving and departing by the early trains; whilst others collect in the market-place in holiday attire with baskets of flowers, and commence the erection of an altar to the Virgin in the middle of the square.

Normandy Picturesque Henry Blackburn 1863

Then on, with, the galloping even triplet of the house's hoofs beneath me, as they came down in quick succession, as if the earth were a muffled drum and we were beating an untiring rataplan on her breast.

Mr. Isaacs 1881

Cusins flourishes his drumsticks as if in the art of beating a lively rataplan, but makes no sound.

Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1903

The child-actress was the prop of her mother and the donkey; her talent also kept the youth, who began to agitate the nerves of Beynac with his diabolical rataplan hours before each performance.

Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885

Mr. Gordon performed a surpassing rataplan upon his long-suffering thumb-joint and wondered if this queer and direct being might qualify among the redeemable ten per cent.

Success A Novel Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

Then the quick, sharp roll of the rataplan sounded through the miserable streets of the old city, as with ever-increasing shouts of "Aux armes! aux armes!"

Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874

A cool breeze went; the hoofs of the horses beat a rataplan on the hard surface; the great road, broad enough to make three of, was alive with smart gigs and trotters.

Australia Felix 2003

It affords endless amusement to listen to their endless variety of complaint; some are restless, some spiteful, and some angry, while others sound as merrily as a teakettle, or beat a jolly 'rub-a-dub,' 'rataplan,' that makes a man's soul merry to hear.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

A rataplan on a side-drum feebly played in the street outside!

Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols

Most of the time it was far away, and it only made two daily promenades past the hotel, but whenever I listened for it I could hear it, beating the same unweary rataplan.

Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray David Christie Murray