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potwalloper
or pot-wal·lop·er
[ pot-wol-uh-per, pot-wol- ]
noun
, English History.
- (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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of potwalloper1
First recorded in 1715–25; pot 1 + wallop (in sense “to boil violently”) + -er 1( def ), replacing potwaller literally, “potboiler” ( pot 1 + the obsolete verb wall “to boil, gush,” from Old English weallan “to boil” (intransitive) or wællan (transitive) + -er 1 )
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Example Sentences
It was a good solid piece of bread, and would have served Cæsar the Potwalloper for at least two mouthfuls.
From Project Gutenberg
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