What does tinkety-tonk mean?

tinkety-tonk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Colloquial; Dated

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""On the roof. Right! Well, tinkety-tonk, then, for the moment," said his lordship, and pattered off down the stairs."
"I'm so pleased you're coming. Tinkety tonk Daph PS No wild oats yet"
"There goes the piano, tinkety-tonk, and there don't go my feet."
"[…] the main tinkety-tonk piano theme tune to the St. Trinian's films […]"

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