potwaller
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pot + wall (“to boil”) + -er.
Noun[edit]
potwaller (plural potwallers)
- (now historical) 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. [from 18th c.]