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potwaller
potwaller (ˈpɒtˌwɒlə(r)) [f. pot n.1 + waller, agent-n. from wall v., OE. weallan to boil.] lit. = pot-boiler, the boiler of a pot: the term applied in some English boroughs, before the Reform Act of 1832, to a man qualified for a parliamentary vote as a householder (i.e. tenant of a house or distin... Oxford English Dictionary
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Potwalloper
A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) or householder borough was a parliamentary borough in which the franchise was extended to the male head wikipedia.org
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pot-walloping
▪ I. pot-ˈwalloping, n. nonce-wd. [f. pot n.1 + walloping: see wallop v.] The boiling of a pot; in quot. the sound produced by the boiler of an engine.1849 De Quincey Eng. Mail Coach §1 Wks. 1862 IV. 303 The trumpet that once announced from afar the laurelled mail..has now given way for ever to the ... Oxford English Dictionary
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potwalloper
potwalloper (pɒtˈwɒləpə(r)) Forms: α. 8 pot-walloner, -iner. β. 8– pot(-)walloper, 9 -wallopper, -wolloper. [One of the popular alterations of potwaller (after wallop v. to boil with agitation), which has in general use largely supplanted the original word. It is found first in De Foe's Tour, ed. 17... Oxford English Dictionary
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Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Potwalloper A potwalloper (sometimes or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons wikipedia.org
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pot-boiler
ˈpot-ˌboiler 1. One who boils a pot; spec. in Eng. Politics = potwaller. rare.1824 Hitchins & Drew Cornwall I. xvii. §17. 650 The right of election is vested at present in all the inhabitants [of Tregony] who are pot-boilers. 1826 [see potwaller]. 2. colloq. a. Applied depreciatively to a work of li... Oxford English Dictionary
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wallop
▪ I. wallop, n. (ˈwɒləp) Also 5 valop, walop, 6 wallope, 9 wallup, w(h)ollop, etc. [a. ONF. walop (found in 13th c. in pl. walos) = F. galop, related to galoper to gallop: see wallop v. There is nothing to show whether the verb or the n. is the earlier formation in OF. Both were introduced together ... Oxford English Dictionary
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pot
▪ I. pot, n.1 (pɒt) Forms: 2–8 pott, 4–7 potte, (5 putte), 3– pot. (Also 4–5 poot, 5 Sc. poyt, mod.Sc. dial. pat, patt.) [Late OE. or early ME. pott, cognate with OFris. pot, MDu. pot(t, Du. pot, MLG. pot, put, LG. pot(t; whence mod.Ger. pott, late ON. potte (c 1300), Sw. potta, Da. potte; also with... Oxford English Dictionary
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