pot-walloping

adjective

British

: qualifying for suffrage by maintaining an independent household : being a potwalloper : consisting of potwallopers

pot-walloping constituents

pot-walloping vote

pot-walloping borough

Word History

Etymology

pot entry 1 + walloping, present participle of wallop (to boil)

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