noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A man with his own fireplace where a pot of water could be boiled, thus qualifying him to vote in a parliamentary election in certain English boroughs before the 1832 Reform Act. historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

pot-walloner

Etymology

From pot + wall (“to boil”) + -er.

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