"reel-pot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reel-pots [plural]
Etymology: reel (“to walk unsteadily”) + pot Etymology templates: {{compound|en|reel|pot|gloss1=to walk unsteadily}} reel (“to walk unsteadily”) + pot Head templates: {{en-noun}} reel-pot (plural reel-pots)
  1. (obsolete) A drunkard. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Alcoholism, People Synonyms: squeeze-grape, tosspot, drunkard

Inflected forms

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