"potwaller" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: potwallers [plural]
Etymology: From pot + wall (“to boil”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{m|en|pot}} pot, {{suffix|en|wall|er|t1=to boil}} wall (“to boil”) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Tags: historical Related terms: pot-walloner, pot-walloper
    Sense id: en-potwaller-en-noun-eDngkzjj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er

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