Tat-tat

[Echoic: cf. TAT v.¹) = RAT-TAT.

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1786. Mme. D’Arblay, Diary, 17 July. A tat-tat at my door followed, and a lady entered.

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1902. H. S. Power, Tale of a Piccaninny, 5. in Australian Poems & Ballads, 14.

	He beat tat-tat on a broken shield
	With two stiff yam sticks old.
	The big snakes stole from the still lagoon,
	To list to the tale he told.

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