pot-walloper

See also: potwalloper

English

Etymology

Alteration of potwaller, after wallop.

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Noun

pot-walloper (plural pot-wallopers)

1. (now historical) A potwaller. [from 18th c.]
   • 1968, Carl B. Cone, The English Jacobins, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 33:

     In the dozen “pot walloper” boroughs, inhabitant households not on poor relief could vote.

2. (US, slang, dated) One who cleans pots; a scullion. [from 19th c.]