| 单词 | potwalloper |
| 释义 | 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. Also called potwaller /pot"wol'euhr/. [1715-25; POT1 + WALLOPER; r. potwaller lit., potboiler (POT1 + wall, OE weallan to boil + -ER1)] |
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