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pot·wal·lop·er | \ ˈpäˌtwäləpə(r) \
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or less commonly potwaller \ -lə(r) \
Definition of potwalloper
: a voter living in an English borough before the Reform Act of 1832 and qualifying for suffrage as a householder by the boiling of his own pot at his own fireplace
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