英和和英

名詞

pot-waller (複数形 pot-wallers)

1. Alternative form of potwaller

語源

From pot + wall (“to boil”) +‎ -er.

名詞

potwaller (複数形 potwallers)

1. (now historical) 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. [from 18th c.]

参考

• pot-walloner, pot-walloper