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As beaten by twin boys? (3-3)

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I believe the answer is:

tom-tom

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'as beaten' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'by twin boys?' is the wordplay.
'twin boys?' can mean two replacements for 'boy'.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'boy' becomes 'tom'.
'boy' becomes 'tom'.
'tom' next to 'tom' is 'TOM-TOM'.

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(Other definitions for tom-tom that I've seen before include "Tall jazz drum" , "Drum - the piper's son (3-3);" , "Repetitive cat on the drum" , "Small drum beaten with hands" , "African drum beaten with hands, sounds repetitive" .)

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