Obs. [f. TUB sb. + -STER.] A tub-preacher. (Contemptuous.)
1681. T. 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. Ibid. (1682), No. 82. 248. Why, if we should lay down,… the Tubsters would appoint a solemn Day of Thanksgiving among themselves.
1700. T. Brown, Amusem. Ser. & Com., 121. He, says the Tubster, that would be Rich…, must play the Thief or the Cheat.
