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pot-walloper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Alteration of potwaller, after wallop.

Meanings

  1. (historical) A potwaller.
    • In the dozen “pot walloper” boroughs, inhabitant households not on poor relief could vote. 1968, Carl B. Cone, The English Jacobins, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 33:
  2. (US, dated, slang) One who cleans pots; a scullion.

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