"tinkety-tonk" meaning in English

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Interjection

  1. (colloquial, dated) Goodbye. Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-tinkety-tonk-en-intj-K2h9timL
  2. The tinkling sound of light piano music.
    Sense id: en-tinkety-tonk-en-intj-kEAr1kh0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: honky-tonk
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          "text": "[…] the main tinkety-tonk piano theme tune to the St. Trinian's films […]",
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