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Pot-walloper

Pot-walloper \Pot"-wal`lop*er\, n.

  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

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

Usage examples of "pot-walloper".

Is he not the Cave-Bear Pot-Walloper and Gridironer, the most fearsome, and, next to me, the most exalted, of all the Abalone Eaters?