pot-walloper

noun — 2 senses

pot-walloper

noun

Etymology Alteration of potwaller, after wallop.

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.

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