单词 | pot-wobbling |
释义 | † pot-wobblingadj. Obsolete. rare. = pot-walloping adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a house housinga1400 pot-walling1455 pot-wobbling1796 householding1797 the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder > position of pot-walling1455 pot-wobbling1796 householdership1817 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 of principles on which right based > specific pot-walling1455 property qualification1794 pot-wobbling1796 household suffrage1819 fancy franchise1859 occupation franchise1862 lodger-franchise1867 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) s.v 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1796 |
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