/ · 1894 Brewer’s · D · Devil’s Tattoo (The)
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Tapping on the table with one’s finger a wearisome number of times; tapping on the floor with one’s foot in a similar manner; repeating any sound with wearisome pertinacity, giving those who hear the “blue devils” or the “fidgets.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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