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pots o' one

pots o' one is the plural of pot o' one.

Meaning of pot o' one

Noun

pot o' one (plural pots o' one)

  1. (Yorkshire) A solitary, withdrawn or independent person.
    • My grandmother always referred to me as a 'pot o' one' as, being the only one, I kept to myself. The saying I believe is strictly West Yorkshire, and is to do with the weaver's trade. When replacing a broken end in the loom the weavers dipped the end in a pot of warm tallow, which was kept for...1997, David Paynter, Clive Upton and J.D.A. Widdowson, Yorkshire Words Today: a glossary of regional dialect, The Yorkshire Dialect Society and the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition...

Questions about pots o' one

What is pots o' one the plural of?
Pots o' one is the plural of pot o' one.

Words near pots o' one in the dictionary

  1. potrero
  2. potreros
  3. potrzebie
  4. potrzebies
  5. pots
  6. pots o' one
  7. pots of gold
  8. pots of money
  9. pots on
  10. pots out
  11. pots up

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