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Word: tarantara (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...referrin' to George V: "His Majesty George the Fifth. King of England. Ireland and Scotland, and Emperor of India." Now then, a few of the kahlege kids thought the title should end up with somethin' grand and splendiferous-someihin' suggestin' the glory of England.-like "tarantara. tarantara, BOOM-de-ay-BOOM-de-ay-BOOM!'' But a old farmer got up in the group an' said, "We all know th' English people is a fine, good-hearted people, an' George V is a real king, an' no mistake, but. drat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 26, 1934 | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

...forth to seek their prey and help themselves in a royal way. But as Gondolieri, whose life is "loving and laughing and quipping and quaffing," they miss the right note of delicate gayety. They sing "Buon' giorno, signorine!" like the police in "The Birates" who found the wisest thing, tarantara, tarantara! was to slap their chests and sing, tarantara...

Author: By G. G. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/19/1932 | See Source »

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