or drubber, drummer, smiter, thumper, subs. phr. (common).—A ranting parson; a CUSHION-THUMPER (q.v.). Whence PULPIT-CUFFING (&c.) = violent exhortation.
1699. T. BROWN [Works (1715), i. 209]. A PULPIT-DRUBBER by profession, who knows all the witches forms in the kingdom.
1706. WARD, Hudibras Redivivus, vi. 10. Thought I, for all your PULPIT-DRUMMING, Had you no Hose to hide your Bum in.
