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What is a kettledrum?

What is a kettledrum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension.
  2. (dated) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.
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At least in the imaginary versions for bass tuba or kettledrum I wager to say that he is right.
He was tall and light-skinned, with a kettledrum chest and the kind of fat stomach that somehow manages to look hard: the body of a tight end.
This kettledrum was probably used in falconry to call the falcon back to the owner.
The golden measure of poetry does not yet exist, only the rhythm of the maracas, the exact sound of the kettledrum.
Those who still admire Ezra Pound's pretentious poetry will presumably enjoy listening to him reciting while thumping on a kettledrum.
One of them is a small drum on a vertical frame of lathe-turned wood whereas the other is a metallic kettledrum.

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