potwaller

词形变化

potwallers 复数 potwallers

别名

pot-waller

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    历史

词源

From pot + wall (“to boil”) + -er.

来源:wiktionary