tintamarre

Example Sentences

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Over and over they would break out clear and distinct above the tintamarre.

From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle

This did not disturb me; I slept soundly till, about eight o'clock, a tintamarre of trumpets, kettle-drums, &c. almost directly under my window, roused me from my peaceful slumber.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.

I cannot goodly deny but that in these various things which I have rehearsed there may be somewhat occasionative of the huge yell and tintamarre of the two engaged bodies.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Dr. Hopkins used to say, when the noisy tintamarre began, "My hearers, have a little patience, and I will soon close."

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Earle, Alice Morse

But these! what could one make of such a tintamarre?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay