† pot-wobblern.

Forms: 1700s pot-wabler, 1700s–1800s pot-wabbler, 1700s–1800s pot-wobbler.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: potwaller n.

Etymology: Alteration of potwaller n., after wobble v. (see forms, and compare sense 2, at that entry). Compare later pot-walloner n., potwalloper n.

Obsolete.

= potwaller n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder

housefastc1275

housekeepera1425

householder1434

potwaller1701

pot-wobblera1712

potwalloper1744

compound householder1851

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > by specific qualification

potwaller1701

pot-wobblera1712

pot-walloner1725

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potwalloper1744

ten-pounder1833

a1712 W. King Ess. Civil Govt. (1776) 39 In some petty boroughs indeed an inhabitant paying scot and lot, a pot wabbler as they deridingly call him, is entitled to a vote.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Wobble, to boil, pot wobbler, one who boils a pot.

1789 S. Shaw Tour West of Eng. 337 It appears very singular..that the Members of Parliament [for Taunton] should be chosen by electors of so strange a qualification as the following, viz. all pot-wabblers, or those who dress their own victuals, are entitled to vote.

1798 W. F. Mavor Brit. Tourists IV. 259 The electors for this borough are all pot-wabblers, so that fires are frequently lighted in the streets, on the eve of an election, to give publicity to the right the voters have to exercise their franchise.

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Pot-wabblers, persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pots therein. These boroughs are called pot-wabbling boroughs.

1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 109 Boroughs..in which the right has the extent marked by the word householders, or by the word pot-wobblers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pot-wobbler
释义	† pot-wobblern. Forms: 1700s pot-wabler, 1700s–1800s pot-wabbler, 1700s–1800s pot-wobbler. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: potwaller n. Etymology: Alteration of potwaller n., after wobble v. (see forms, and compare sense 2, at that entry). Compare later pot-walloner n., potwalloper n. Obsolete. = potwaller n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder housefastc1275 housekeepera1425 householder1434 potwaller1701 pot-wobblera1712 potwalloper1744 compound householder1851 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > by specific qualification potwaller1701 pot-wobblera1712 pot-walloner1725 potboiler1736 potwalloper1744 ten-pounder1833 a1712 W. King Ess. Civil Govt. (1776) 39 In some petty boroughs indeed an inhabitant paying scot and lot, a pot wabbler as they deridingly call him, is entitled to a vote. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Wobble, to boil, pot wobbler, one who boils a pot. 1789 S. Shaw Tour West of Eng. 337 It appears very singular..that the Members of Parliament [for Taunton] should be chosen by electors of so strange a qualification as the following, viz. all pot-wabblers, or those who dress their own victuals, are entitled to vote. 1798 W. F. Mavor Brit. Tourists IV. 259 The electors for this borough are all pot-wabblers, so that fires are frequently lighted in the streets, on the eve of an election, to give publicity to the right the voters have to exercise their franchise. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Pot-wabblers, persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pots therein. These boroughs are called pot-wabbling boroughs. 1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 109 Boroughs..in which the right has the extent marked by the word householders, or by the word pot-wobblers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1712
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