MRS. KIM: Where’s your tambourine?
DAVE: We don’t have one.
MRS. KIM: Next time bring one.
Tambourine, a small, typically handheld, percussion instrument, with pairs of metal jingles, which are called zills. In use since ancient times, they have a long history being used for religious music, a tradition which goes back at least since the Old Testament.
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