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.]