tubman

tubman (t[schwa]b-m[schwa]n). Hist. A junior barrister in the Court of Exchequer who made motions that were second in precedence to those of the postman. • The tubman was so called because he stood by a tub anciently used as a measure of capacity. Cf. POSTMAN.

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