10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUB-THUMPER»
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tub-thumper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tub-thumper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
First, there is the "Political Tub-thumper'' (Tub- thumpcrus refer indepcndens);
thou, his close ally, the "Ordinary Tub-thumper" (Tuhthnmperus vulgaris), who
frequents temperance (?) meetings and the like; and last we have the " Pious Tub
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The Progressive Dictionary of the English Language: A ...
Tub- thumper, a violent or gesticulating preacher ; one who employs violent
action to give effect or appearance of earnestness to his sermons : used iu
derision. [Slang.] Called also Tub-preacher. Tub (tOb), v. t. 1. To bathe inatub or
bath. 2.
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Current Words And Phrases
He has been sitting on a whole trove of hard evidence of their guilt. Tub-thumper :
one who delivers an impassioned speech. The oratory of the tub-thumper had the
desired effect on the audience. Tub-time : time for taking a bath. It is tub-time, ...
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Municipal Anti-socialism and the Growth of the ...
Let orator meet orator, let tub thumper meet tub thumper, let tract meet tract, let
every move of theirs be countermoved by ours, and I hope we will follow them by
that one better move which means success. At the close of the 1907 conference,
...
Jules Philip Gehrke, 2006
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Music Through Children's Literature: Theme and Variations
... Verse, 90, 101, 103-4 Voice, 64 Voices — in poetry and music, 46-47 Waltz, 83
Washboard, 28 Washtub bass. See Tub thumper Western painting, 98-100 "
William Tell Overture," 98, 99 Wind, 81-82, 86-87 130— INDEX S T U V W.
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
The act or practice of rowing in a tub ; ^"-Itl! CtfatS IT Kg 5t«H1 4. Act of using a
tub for bathinj sil4 <StC<9 3fa I Tub'-ful, «. Tub-thumper — Cfisits^ta Tub-
thumping— ^stt^lfs I Tub- wheel— SjSl «Ht5Etfa5 ?1&»t«1?f« tta[ i Tale of a tub tti
'-bft ...
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Hey Presto!: Swift and the Quacks
Best of all, I suppose, was when the same performer shouldered, simultaneously,
the roles of Tub-thumper and Jack Pudding (or “Grimace Spaniard”). Knowles
Shaw, the singing evangelist of the mid 1870s, could have done double duty on ...
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Campaspe and Sappho and Phao: John Lyly
Tub- preacher is cited from the same year; tub-thumper from 1662; both are used
with the same anti-Puritan emphasis. See also Pope's note on Dunciad, I1. 2: 'the
pulpit of a Dissenter is usually called a Tub'. If the connection between ...
John Lyly, George K. Hunter, David Bevington, 1991
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
Mr. Matthews's b. h. Tub-thumper, by Macedonlcus aged, Ost. 01b. (W. Balchln) ..
.. .. .. .. ..II Mr. Bell's b. c. Jewboy, three yean old, 7st. 71b. (Planner) .. 2 2 Mr.
Pybus's ch. g. Priam, aged, 8st. IOlb. (Stockings) ., .. 3 3 Won easy. Thursday—
The ...
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A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, ...
A blend oftsuntsun (meaning aloof) and deredere (meaning love struck).]
Compare yandere. TTL ABBR. phr. See through-the-lens; time-to-live. TU ABBR.
n. See track up. tub-thump v. See tubthump. tub thumper n. A publicist or publicity
agent.
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUB-THUMPER»
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tub-thumper is used in the context of the following news items.
Senator Jeff Sessions – Leader of the Rising “Populist Conservatives”
... insulting him as an “Alabama tub-thumper” and “protectionist politician” who is “indulging in the classic tactic of the anti-trade movement: scare mongering.”. «ConservativeHQ, May 15»
Surprised by Light
I got kind of carried away, and apologized for sounding like a tub-thumper. But it was all very real to me, and I startled myself by — how to put this? — by how ... «The American Conservative, Mar 15»
Joy Behar's Psychodrama and Her Apartment
Over the last decade, Ms. Behar has become an ardent tub-thumper for her building in particular — the high ceilings, the working fireplace — and for the Upper ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
The New Romantics
Hitler was not a good-looking man, not tall, not prepossessing, not particularly intelligent, not a great orator -- more a strident tub-thumper -- yet millions of ... «Gatestone Institute, Aug 14»
Politicians in Pyjamas and Other Startling Revelations from the UK …
... Britain's Conservatives can judge their four-day conference in the northern English city of Manchester, which concluded on Oct. 5 with a tub-thumper from their ... «TIME, Oct 11»
Spitting, scratching, yelling – it must be a Cabinet meeting
I've just wheeled out my (crammed) bin, so I'm on Pickles's side in this. He's an old-time town hall tub-thumper; Spelman's morphed into one of her civil servants. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 11»
The Believer
... a tub-thumper for neoconservatism, and a strident American patriot. Paul Wolfowitz, one of the prime movers behind the Iraq war, became his new comrade. «The New York Review of Books, Jun 10»
Ian McEwan's dark humour burns bright in energy tale Solar
But Beard is no virtuous climate-change tub-thumper: rather he applies the same rational pragmatism to his field of expertise as he does to his personal life, ... «Metro, Mar 10»
