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1. IndiaA dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.

   His fellow assistant, Dr Panna Lal, was in ecstasies at the prospect, and was urgent that they should attend it together in his new tum-tum.

   1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 49

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   An optimistic old man was our driver; he needed all his optimism too, for his tum-tum was one of the most rickety I've seen , and his little pony very tiny. The balance of this vehicle was most important; we had to sit in certain definite positions ...

   1914, Alice Maud Pennell, Pennell of the Afghan Frontier: The Life of Theodore Leighton Pennell, M.D., B. SC., F.R.C.S. Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India, page 414

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1. uncountableA dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.

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1. childishinformalStomach.

   Can't eat - my tum-tum's hurting.

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   Take a little food and stir in some GASTRIC JUICE, which is made fresh daily by the 35 million glands that line your tum-tum.

   2000, Joy Masoff, Oh, Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty, Workman Publishing, published 2000, →ISBN, page 188

2. childishinformalAbdomen.

   The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed.

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   The Internet is full of sites where you can buy everything you need to make a plaster mold of your tum-tum.

   2011, Joanne Kimes, Leslie Young, Pregnancy Sucks: What to Do When Your Miracle Makes You Miserable, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 172