pot-walloper

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English

Etymology

Alteration of potwaller, after wallop.

Pronunciation

Noun

pot-walloper (plural pot-wallopers)

  1. (now historical) A potwaller.
    • 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.