100 Words: rataplan

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

rataplan

Hang on - is this what the mice were saying in the middle of the Dogtanian themetune?

rataplan n a drumming sound [Origin from French] Chambers, 1998

Posted by Chrissy Williams at 07:09

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WHAT?

I learnt a new word once a day for 100 days as part of the London Word Festival 100 Days project.

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I live in London and have had some poems published in a few places. I wish I had a dog.

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If you already know these words, please don't mock me for only just getting around to them now.

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