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potwalloper

potwalloper is the alternative form of pot-walloper.

Meaning of pot-walloper

Noun

pot-walloper (plural pot-wallopers)

  1. (historical) A potwaller.
    • In the dozen “pot walloper” boroughs, inhabitant households not on poor relief could vote.1968, Carl B. Cone, The English Jacobins, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 33
  2. (US, dated, slang) One who cleans pots; a scullion.

Forms of potwalloper

pluralpotwallopers

Questions about potwalloper

What is potwalloper the alternative form of?
Potwalloper is the alternative form of pot-walloper.

Words near potwalloper in the dictionary

  1. Potvin
  2. Potvins
  3. potwaller
  4. potwallers
  5. potwalling
  6. potwalloper
  7. potwallopers
  8. potware
  9. potwash
  10. potwasher
  11. potwashers

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