meal-tub
/ˈmiːltʌb/noun
A tub for storing meal; also figurative and in extended use. Compare a cat in the meal-tub. Meal-tub Plot noun English History. an alleged conspiracy of exclusionists in 1679, the supposed evidence for which was claimed to have been discovered concealed in a meal-tub.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Southampton Probate Inventories. From meal + tub.
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