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potwalloper

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pot⋅wal⋅lop⋅er

  [pot-wol-uh-per, pot-wol-]
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–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; pot 1 + walloper; r. potwaller lit., potboiler ( pot 1 + wall, OE weallan to boil + -er 1 )
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