pot-walloper

pot-walloper
pot-walloper [pät′wäl΄əp ər]
n.
altered (infl. by wallop, to boil) < potwaller, lit., a pot boiler /span> POT1 + obs. wall, to boil < ME wallen < OE weallan < IE base * wel-, to turn, roll > WALK
Eng. History a man considered a householder by virtue of owning a hearth, and therefore qualified to vote

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  • potwalloper — /pot wol euh peuhr, pot wol /, n. Eng. Hist. (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 walloper.… …   Universalium

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