Thump-cushion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A boisterous, impassioned preacher. obsolete

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From thump + cushion.

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