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The term 'Drum', meaning house, is derived from the pre-1960's where criminals would knock on doors in order to find out which houses were empty. As anyone who has done house clearances will know an empty house has a distinguishable echo too it when the door is knocked. These characters were known as 'drummers'. It is NOT rhyming slang, nor is it derived from the term 'Drum & Bass' because that particular music was only really conceived in the early to mid 90's and the term 'Drum' has been widely used since many decades ago, even in sitcoms such as Steptoe and Son. Thankyou.

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