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goombay|gʊmˈbeɪ|
Also goombah, 8 gumbay, 9 gumba, gumby.
[Negro patois; cf. Kongo nkombi, a kind of drum.]
A kind of drum used by the Negroes of the West Indies, made by stretching a skin across the ends of a box, or a portion of a hollow tree, or the like. Also goombay-drum.
1774E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. 423 The goombah, another of their musical instruments, is a hollow block of wood, covered with sheepskin stripped of its hair. 1790J. B. Moreton W. Ind. Cust. & Mann. 155 An herring barrel or tub, with sheep-skins substituted for the heads, in imitation of a drum, called a gumbay. 1828Life Planter Jamaica 46 The negroes..dancing..to the sound of the gumba. 1834M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. Ind. 322 The greatest part remained quietly in the negro houses beating the gumby-drum. 1901United Free Ch. Mission Record Jan. 20/2 It was surely the beating of the Goombah drum. 1960Harper's Bazaar Oct. 131 The night was filled with hi-fi—no goombay calypso. 1963New Yorker 15 June 19 (Advt.), Cosmopolitan Nassau. Goombay goes till the wee hours. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 33 Buses wait at St. George dock to carry students to old Fort St. Catherine, where goombay dancers and limboists provide exciting entertainment. |