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potwaller

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pot-waller
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man with his own fireplace where a pot of water could be boiled, thus qualifying him to vote in a parliamentary election in certain English boroughs before the 1832 Reform Act.

Etymology

From pot + wall (“to boil”) + -er.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

potwallers (plural)

Phrases

pot-walloner pot-walloper

Frequently Paired Words

potwalling pot-walloner pot-walloper

Questions

What does potwaller mean?
A man with his own fireplace where a pot of water could be boiled, thus qualifying him to vote in a parliamentary election in certain English boroughs before the 1832 Reform Act.
Where does potwaller come from?
From pot + wall (“to boil”) + -er.

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