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| pot-wal·lop·er (plural pot-wal·lop·ers) |
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U.K. fireplace owner entitled to vote: in some English boroughs before 1832, a man entitled to vote because he had his own fireplace as a homeowner, tenant, or lodger
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| [Early 18th century. Alteration (after wallop) of potwaller "potboiler" <pot1 + obsolete wall "boil" < Germanic] |
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