单词 | pulpit pounder |
释义 | > as lemmaspulpit pounder pulpit pounder n. slang (freq. depreciative) a preacher, esp. one who gives impassioned, vehement, or bombastic sermons; (also in extended use) an intemperate or declamatory speaker. ΚΠ 1859 Times 29 Sept. 8/3 Italy has produced but few preachers, and those only of the Gavazzi style—mere pulpit-pounders, with the delivery of a strolling player and the action of a mountebank. 1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 98/2 The kindly, tolerant Father de Vere has given place to a half dozen pulpit-pounders who hurl politics at dull and stupid congregations. 1998 Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel (Nexis) 13 Sept. a2 We'll leave it to the pulpit-pounders..to whip themselves into a froth. < as lemmas |
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