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potwaller

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English

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Etymology

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From pot + wall (to boil) +‎ -er.

Noun

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potwaller (plural potwallers)

  1. (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.]

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