Anglo-Indian. [Derivation unascertained.] A dog-cart.
1863. Trevelyan, Compet. Wallah, vi. (1864), 139. We … started off … in two tumtums, or dog-carts.
1908. Ch. Mission. Gleaner, 1 Oct., 150/1. Our low two-wheeled tum-tum … bumping and jolting along the track of dry grass.
