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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  flm
NOUN: Music A drumbeat consisting of two almost simultaneous strokes of which the first is a very rapid grace note.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably of imitative origin.
 
 
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