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The sound made by the cylinders firing (as in an engine); onomatopoeia first found in Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
"The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa."
James Thurber, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
James Thurber, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
by RussellInToronto October 1, 2012
Get the Pocketamug.