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thump-cushions

thump-cushions is the plural of thump-cushion.

Meaning of thump-cushion

Noun

thump-cushion (plural thump-cushions)

  1. (obsolete) 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.1812, John Wolcot, “Sea Courtship”, in The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., volume 4, page 117

Questions about thump-cushions

What is thump-cushions the plural of?
Thump-cushions is the plural of thump-cushion.

Words near thump-cushions in the dictionary

  1. thumoi
  2. thumos
  3. thumotic
  4. thump
  5. thump-cushion
  6. thump-cushions
  7. thump-thump
  8. thump-thumps
  9. thumped
  10. thumper
  11. thumpers

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