pot-walloper

British

/ ˈpɒtˌwɒlə /

noun

(in some English boroughs) a man entitled to the franchise before 1832 by virtue of possession of his own fireplace

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Etymology

Origin of pot-walloper

C18: from _pot ¹ + wallop to boil furiously, from Old English weallan to boil

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