tumming

Updated: June 20, 2025

We all started. It was Racey. He was playing as usual with his beloved horses, not seeming to pay any attention to what we were saying. But he was attending all the time, and the squeal was a squeal of delight at hearing that the new nurse was not coming. "What is the matter, Racey?" I said. "Her's not tumming," he shouted. "Her won't whip us."

Mrs. Molesworth - The Boys and I

Again and again he sang to the tumming of a small tom-tom, till the great refulgent one had cleared the cloud, and the red miracle of the sunrise was complete. Back to his wigwam went the red man, down to his home tucked dosed under the sheltering rock, and, after washing his hands in a basswood bowl, began to prepare his simple meal.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Rolf in the Woods