单词 | tub-thumpery |
释义 | > as lemmasˈtub-ˌthumpery ˈtub-ˌthumpery n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > for specific occasion, purpose, or cause bar-oratorya1754 mob-oratory1846 stumping1865 keynoting1889 soap-boxing1919 Limehousing1920 tub-thumpery1927 soap-box1928 1927 Observer 28 Aug. 11/4 Fanny Hawthorne's refusal to be made an honest woman..may still be regarded as advanced in ethics, even if its expression is not without a suspicion of tub-thumpery. 1933 D. Thomas Let. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 75 And thank you for..heeding my dogmatic tub-thumpery. < as lemmas |
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