a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters
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a design on the skin made by tattooing
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the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining
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stain (skin) with indelible color
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Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n. [Earlier taptoo, D. taptoe; tap a tap, faucet + toe to, shut (i. e., the taps, or drinking houses, shut from the soldiers).] (Mil.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
{The Devil's tattoo}. See under {Devil}.
Tattoo \Tat*too"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tattooed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tattooing}.] [Of Polynesian origin; cf. New Zealand ta to tattoo, tatu puncturation (in Otaheite).] To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.
Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n.; pl. {Tattoos}. An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.
The magazine, which features topless women, tattoo artists and bikers in black leather, carries a 10-page piece on the publisher of Forbes magazine, himself an avid biker.
Rogers proclaimed his innocence on camera, identifying himself by a tattoo on his arm that said "Milton."
Ms. Drake said she met Farmer May 23 at a Philadelphia tattoo parlor, where she had gone with a friend, and set up a date the next night.
To tattoo or not to is the question now being mulled by upscale Lord & Taylor after it orders some of the designs.
A woman described by the victim as having an English accent and a tattoo on the back of her shaved head that read, "East Side Chelseas," was among those arrested, he said.
The tattoo parlor owner told police the bird had been brought in by LaDel.
Officials at Foggy Bottom were discouraging speculation about how the tattoo got there and what its significance might be.
And he has a large U.S. Navy tattoo on his right hand.
He then delighted the crowd by showing off the tattoo on his leg, a map of his route.
Everyone is doing it, it seems, except perhaps the man most likely to have a tattoo somewhere on his person.
On her right shoulder was a tattoo of a red heart pierced by a yellow rose.
Brandishing a tattoo on his forearm that recounted his battle honours in previous strikes, Mr Ronnie Green, a former miner, said: 'A lot of people here sold their souls, but by God they wish they hadn't now.'
"I'm about as smart as a box of rocks," Paster, whose left arm is adorned with a large tattoo of a swastika with the word "Hero" written through it, said recently in a death row interview. "I'm not trying to justify any darn thing.
Well-fed and 40, he wears a pink-on-pink shirt, a diamond ring, and has a faded blue tattoo on one hand.