| 单词 | tub-thump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈtub-thump ˈtub-thump v. [as a back-formation] (intransitive) . ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > for particular occasion, purpose, or cause epitaph1606 vary1680 stump1839 to take the stump1868 spruik1894 to go on the stump1903 Limehouse1913 tub-thump1920 soap-box1926 1920 ‘Sapper’ Bull-dog Drummond iv. 117 The sort of type one sees tub-thumping in Hyde Park. 1934 E. Pound ABC of Reading 113 A bad reader of fourteeners is almost certain to tub-thump. < as lemmas |
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