tintamarre

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Dr. Hopkins used to say, when the noisy tintamarre began, "My hearers, have a little patience, and I will soon close."

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Earle, Alice Morse

I cannot goodly deny but that in these various things which I have rehearsed there may be somewhat occasionative of the huge yell and tintamarre of the two engaged bodies.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Since that period, however, one hears a little more of the tintamarre of the comptoir.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore

But these! what could one make of such a tintamarre?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay

This did not disturb me; I slept soundly till, about eight o'clock, a tintamarre of trumpets, kettle-drums, &c. almost directly under my window, roused me from my peaceful slumber.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.