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steel drum

NOUN
percussion instrument
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The international performers who have become part of the “Stamptown” universe run the gamut from jugglers to steel drum players to acrobats to pianists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Theory: Hoffa’s body was delivered to a Jersey City landfill in 1975, placed in a steel drum and buried about 100 yards away on state property that sits below an elevated highway.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

But an expert on the Hoffa case who brought the disclosure of the steel drum and its possible location to the F.B.I.,

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

A key part of the conversation had been drowned out by a steel drum.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2017

The only thing missing was steel, drum music in the background.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson


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