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† ˈtubster Obs.
[f. tub n. + -ster.]
A tub-preacher. (Contemptuous.)
1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 45 (1713) II. 34 A certain Dissenting Tubster, who told his Audience, he would..divide the Observations he should make from his Text, into forty eight Particulars. 1682Ibid. No. 82. 248 Why, if we should lay down,..the Tubsters would appoint a solemn Day of Thanksgiving among themselves. 1700T. Brown Amusem. Ser. & Com. 121 He, says the Tubster, that would be Rich.., must play the Thief or the Cheat. |