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Webster 1913 Edition
Pot-walloper
Pot′-walˊlop-er
,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)
- (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.
- (US, slang, dated) One who cleans pots; a scullion.