α. 1700s– pot-walloper, 1800s pot-wallopper, 1800s pot-wolloper, 1800s pot-wollupper (U.S.).
β. 1700s pot-wallader (irregular).
单词 | potwalloper |
释义 | potwallopern.α. 1700s– pot-walloper, 1800s pot-wallopper, 1800s pot-wolloper, 1800s pot-wollupper (U.S.). β. 1700s pot-wallader (irregular). 1. a. = potwaller n. Now historical. 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 1744 C. Smith Antient & Present State County Down iii. 92 Newry is a Burrough Town, and sends to Parliament two Burgesses, of whom the Inhabitants (vulgarly called Pot-Wallopers) who pay Scot and Lot, are the Electors. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Pot-wallopers, persons entitled to vote in certain boroughs, by having boiled a pot there. 1790 M. Dunsford Hist. Mem. Tiverton iv. 180 Anno 1603. The potwalladers elected two burgesses to represent the borough of Tiverton, in the first parliament of King James I. They were returned by the portreeve. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 33 The pot-wallopers of Westminster, Southwark, and Preston, are to vote alongside of the £10 householders of the Tower Hamlets, Manchester, and Birmingham. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets vi. 35 What safety will there be in..ten thousand brawling potwallopers? 1884 Manch. Examiner 3 Dec. 4/7 We shall become a nation of potwallopers, with the addition that every lodger is supposed to wallop his own kettle as well as householders. 1988 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 4 Dec. 43 A pot-walloper is a voter. Before England's Reform Act of 1832, only householders could vote in parliamentary elections. The test for determining whether a person was a householder..was this: In his dwelling, did that person have a separate fireplace on which his own pot was boiled? 2005 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 24 May 23 A Potwalloper was someone who had the right to vote if they had a separate hearth on which to boil a pot. b. derogatory. A fool. Also: an impostor, an upstart. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in reproach gluttonc1300 jau dewin1340 Pilatec1390 rascal?a1400 swartc1425 hoberdc1450 dogshead1539 ladronea1557 clapperdudgeon1567 soused gurnet1598 jail-bird1603 cocoloch1610 swappes1626 incubee1631 stitchel1659 potwalloper1820 Little Willie1901 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] shondc725 faitoura1340 fob1393 trumper?c1450 feature14.. chuffera1500 prowler1519 truphane1568 cozener1575 cogger1580 pretender1583 impostor1586 mountebank1589 sycophant?1589 foolmonger1593 affronter1598 assumer1600 knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602 pettifogger1602 budgeter1603 quacksalver1611 empiric1614 putter-off?1615 quack1638 stafador1638 saltimbanco1646 adventurer1648 fourbe1668 shammer1677 imposer1678 charlatana1680 sham1683 cheat1687 hocus1692 gull1699 shamster1716 coal-blower1720 humbugger1752 gagger1781 fudge1794 humbug1804 potwalloper1820 twister1834 jackleg1844 fraud1850 bunyip1852 empiricist1854 Bayswater Captain1880 bluffer1888 putter-down1906 quandong1939 1820 Sporting Mag. 7 80 Do you take me for..a pot~walloper—an ass—a fool? 1905 Westm. Gaz. 6 Feb. 1/3 The term potwalloper was indignantly resented as a most improper and scandalous one, which should be withdrawn. 1980 K. Boyle Fifty Stories 169 Upstarts!..Pot-wallopers like Napoleon! 2. U.S. slang. A cook, esp. on a ship; a kitchen worker, a person engaged in menial work. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > service in kitchen > [noun] > kitchen servant squiller1303 waynpainc1330 kitchener1332 custronc1400 kitchen knave1440 scullion1483 scudler1488 swiller?a1500 dishwashera1529 lubber1538 kitchen maid1551 kitchen wencha1556 scull1566 washpot1570 kitchen stuff1582 scrape-trencher1603 kitchenist?1617 trencher-scraper1650 mediastine1658 drudge-pudding1737 marmiton1754 knife-boy1847 potwalloper1859 kitchen mechanic1861 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > ship's cook cook1466 sea-cook1707 doctor1803 slushy1859 potwalloper1890 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > ship's cooks and assistants shifter1704 sea-cook1707 doctor1803 slushy1859 cook's mate1865 potwalloper1890 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Pot-Walloper, a scullion. 1871 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 522 Potwalloper..is in the United States..a scullion or a slovenly person. 1890 Cent. Dict. Pot-walloper,..a cook aboard ship; a pot-wrestler... A scullion. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 362 Cook in a lumber camp. ‘Do you know where we can find a good pot-walloper?’ 1942 F. R. Meyer Fighting Talk Pot walloper, Dish washer. 2003 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 14 Dec. s71 Ethel had wanted to become a nurse, but her mother deemed nurses to be ‘pot wallopers’ who did little more than carry bedpans. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and clumsiness > that which is lug1545 monster1759 hulk1818 megatherium1850 potwalloper1896 dinosaur1975 1896 Daily News 14 Dec. 6/1 Others were father's boots—you know the sort of thing—regular potwallopers—tens—in which the tiny foot is almost lost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744 |
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