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Pot-walloper

Pot′-walˊlop-er

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Noun.
1.
A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months.
2.
One who cleans pots; a scullion.
[Slang, U. S.]

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pot-walloper

pot-walloper

See also: potwalloper

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Noun

pot-walloper (plural pot-wallopers)

  1. (historical) A voter in certain English boroughs, where, before the passage of the Reform Act 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months.
  2. (US, slang, dated) One who cleans pots; a scullion.