potwaller

English

Etymology

From pot + wall (“to boil”) +‎ -er.

Noun

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.]

See also

pot-walloner, pot-walloper

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