W. Indies. [Derivation uncertain; perh. from the thumping sound made.] A West-Indian dish: see quot.
1833. Carmichael, W. Indies, I. vii. 183. They often have tum-tum—made of plantains boiled quite soft, and beat in a wooden mortar,—it is eaten like a potatoe pudding.
1860. in Bartlett, Dict. Amer.
