Meaning of thump-cushion | Babel Free

Definitions

A boisterous, impassioned preacher.

obsolete

Examples

“And yet, should the wind chop about, / And thy mouth cease this damn'd squally weather, / Let⟳ us send⟳ for old Thump-cushion out, / And swing⟳ in a hammock together.”

“Rub-a-dub-dub, / The knight of the tub, Evangelical Thump-cushion hight, / Has too long had his way, / And, I'm sorry to say⟳, / Put⟳ your orthodox phalanx to flight.”

“[…] let⟳ it be borne in mind⟳, that it was a place⟳ for saints as well as for sinners; and, whilst the gayer portion of the community ran after assemblies and all such carnal amusements, the more serious moiety hurried as eagerly to hear⟳ the energetic expoundings of the favourite thump-cushion of the season.”

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