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thump-cushion

noun

Etymology

From thump + cushion.

  1. derived from *koḱs-✻ — “joint, limb”
  2. derived from coxa
  3. derived from *coxīnus✻
  4. derived from coissin
  5. inherited from quysshyn
  6. compounded as thump-cushion — “thump + cushion”

Definitions

  1. A boisterous, impassioned preacher.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA