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tub-thumping

tub-thumping is the alternative form of tubthumping.

Meaning of tubthumping

Noun

tubthumping (uncountable)

  1. Aggressive political or commercial promotion.
    • […] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […].1914, Charles G. Harper, The Kentish Coast, page 344

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Questions about tub-thumping

What is tub-thumping the alternative form of?
Tub-thumping is the alternative form of tubthumping.

Words near tub-thumping in the dictionary

  1. tub-showers
  2. tub-thump
  3. tub-thumped
  4. tub-thumper
  5. tub-thumpers
  6. tub-thumping
  7. tub-thumps
  8. tuba
  9. Tuba City
  10. tubacin
  11. tubae

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