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- noun A drum used by northern magicians in rites associated with trolls.
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qroqqa commented on the word troll-drum
a drum used in Lappish magical rites
1894 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. XIV. 270 In Lapland..designs of this character ornamented the *troll-drums of the magicians till within a recent period.
July 7, 2008