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English
Etymology
From reel (“to walk unsteadily”) + pot.
Noun
reel-pot (plural reel-pots)
- (obsolete) A drunkard.
1604, Thomas Middleton, Plato's Cap Cast at the Year 1604:And lastly some shall have a palsy in their feet, and will not be able to stand to anything but shake and reel from the stall into the channel—your excellent reel-pots.
1604, Thomas Middleton, The Black Book:There I heard news out of all countries in all languages: how many villains were in Spain, how many luxurs in Italy, how many perjureds in France and how many reel-pots in Germany.
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