subs. (common).—1. A pulpit.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1827. BULWER-LYTTON, Pelham, p. 302 [Ed. 1862]. Well, you parish bull prig, are you for lushing Jacky, or pattering in the HUM-BOX?
1858. A. MAYHEW, Paved with Gold, bk. III., ch. ix., p. 309. He was nicknamed the ‘Amen bawler’ (parson) and recommended to take to the HUM-BOX (pulpit) as better suited to him than cadging.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS.—Autem; cackle tub; clack loft; cowards’ castle; gospel mill (also a church); wood.
2. (American).—An auctioneer’s rostrum.
