What does tubthumping mean?
Tubthumping means present participle and gerund of tubthump.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of tubthump.
1939, Railway Age, vol. 107, Oct.-Dec. But there is usually more to Automobile Week than good-natured tubthumping for the new passenger car models.
[…] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […].
"Our pictures avoid deliberate, tubthumping propaganda but they exude the spirit of democracy."
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Tubthumping means present participle and gerund of tubthump.
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1939, Railway Age, vol. 107, Oct.-Dec. But there is usually more to Automobile Week than good-natured tubthumping for the new passenger car models.
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