Sunday 20 October 2024

The Pot-Walloper

POT-WALLOPER: one qualified as a parliamentary voter in certain English boroughs prior to 1832 because he could boil his own pot at his own fire, thus proving he was a householder.

1 comment :

Demetrius said...

When I first had the right to vote, I would say to people that I was now a pot walloper. Sadly they did not understand the historical context and came to entirely wrong conclusions.