2. One who cleans pots; a scullion. [Slang, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pot-walloper — potˈ walloper noun see separate entry ↑pot waller • • • Main Entry: ↑pot … Useful english dictionary
pot-walloper — [pät′wäl΄əp ər] n. 〚altered (infl. by wallop, to boil) < potwaller, lit., a pot boiler /span> POT1 + obs. wall, to boil < ME wallen < OE weallan < IE base * wel , to turn, roll > WALK〛 … Universalium
pot-walloper — [pät′wäl΄əp ər] n. [altered (infl. by wallop, to boil) < potwaller, lit., a pot boiler < POT1 + obs. wall, to boil < ME wallen < OE weallan < IE base * wel , to turn, roll > WALK] Eng. History a man considered a householder by… … English World dictionary
pot walloper — obsolete a drunkard To wallop was to boil hard as well as to beat, and the pot held the intoxicant. This was a pun on the granting of suffrage under the Reform Act of 1832 to any adult male householder who had walloped his pot (cooked… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
pot-walloper — /ˈpɒt wɒləpə/ (say pot woluhpuh) noun Colloquial a heavy drinker …
pot — 1. to kill by shooting Referring to hunting for the cooking pot, but now also used of attempts to kill or wound: ... wasn t anything much else to shoot at so I took to potting them. (Sharpe, 1978) A pot shot is one taken without… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
potwalloper — /pot wol euh peuhr, pot wol /, n. Eng. Hist. (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots. Also, pot walloper.… … Universalium
dishwasher — Synonyms and related words: aquamanile, automatic dishwasher, basin, bath, bathtub, bidet, dishpan, dishwiper, dry cleaner, ewer, finger bowl, kitchen sink, launderer, laundress, laundryman, laundrywoman, lavabo, lavatory, piscina, pot walloper,… … Moby Thesaurus
washer — Synonyms and related words: aquamanile, automatic dishwasher, basin, bath, bathtub, bidet, dishpan, dishwasher, dishwiper, dry cleaner, ewer, finger bowl, kitchen sink, launderer, laundress, laundryman, laundrywoman, lavabo, lavatory, piscina,… … Moby Thesaurus
scullery maid — Synonyms and related words: abigail, amah, au pair girl, ayah, betweenmaid, biddy, chambermaid, chaperon, companion, cook, dishwasher, dishwiper, dry cleaner, duenna, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, gentlewoman, girl, handmaid, handmaiden,… … Moby Thesaurus
