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potwalloper

[pot-wol-uh-per, pot-wol-]

noun English History.

(in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.

Also, pot-wal·lop·er.

Also called pot·wal·ler

[pot-wol-er] .

Origin:
1715–25; pot¹ + walloper; replacing potwaller literally, potboiler (pot¹ + wall, Old English weallan to boil + -er¹)

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