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potwalloper
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
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1.3
Noun
English
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Etymology
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Alteration of
potwaller
, after
wallop
.
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Noun
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pot
-
walloper
(
plural
pot-wallopers
)
(
now
historical
)
A
potwaller
.
[from 18th c.]
1968
, Carl B. Cone,
The English Jacobins
, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page
33
:
In the dozen “
pot walloper
” boroughs, inhabitant households not on poor relief could vote.
(
US
,
slang
,
dated
)
One who
cleans
pots; a
scullion
.
[from 19th c.]