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▪ I. ˈtambo1
[Negro abbrev. of tambourine: cf. banjo.]
The tambourine-player in a negro minstrel troupe. Also, the tambourine played by such a musician.
1848New Negro Forget-me-not Songster 32 We plaid dis song, ‘on de banjo’, Wid de fiddle and de bones, and ole tambo. 1870T. A. Brown Hist. Amer. Stage 70/1 George Christy took the bone end, with Lansing Durand as tambo. 1884Sat. Rev. 7 June 740/1 A single row of negro minstrels seated on chairs..at the ends are Bones and Tambo. 1952[see quill n.1 1 c]. 1958P. Oliver in Decca Bk. Jazz i. 22 The ‘nigger minstrel’ troupes comprising banjo players and ‘end men’ playing ‘tambo and bones’ being popular in the North throughout the nineteenth century.
▪ II. ‖ tambo2|ˈtæmbəʊ|
[Sp., ad. Quechua tampu wayside hostelry.]
In the Andean countries, esp. Peru, a lodging house or inn.
1830E. Temple Trav. Var. Parts Peru ii. 65, I went from tambo to tambo in search of a lodging. 1854W. L. Herndon Amazon i. 60 We stopped, at four, at the tambo of Acchahuarcu. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 377/1 One of the most interesting topics of study is the trails along which the seasonal and annual migrations of tribes occurred, becoming in Peru the paved road, with suspension bridges and wayside inns or tambos. 1959G. Woodcock Incas & Other Men i. iii. 45 Primitive shelters, still called tambos, which were maintained..where no hotels existed. 1978D. P. Werlich Peru ii. 36 The Incas constructed granaries to supply the army..and maintained tambos to serve travellers. |