Pottlepot

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pot or vessel containing two quarts (four pints), especially one used to hold alcohol. archaic

    "... and help her with the yeast , and filling the pottlepots of ale out of the tubs."

  2. 2
    An alcoholic, a drunkard. archaic

    "It is true that he departed in quest of some Carpenter's Tools, which he declare would do the job quite as well; but, again to my good luck, the carpenter was as Rare a pottlepot as he, and they two took to boiling rum in a calabash and [drinking]."

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"... and help her with the yeast , and filling the pottlepots of ale out of the tubs."

Etymology

From pottle + pot.

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