英语词汇“potwaller”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-现代词典

potwaller

/ˈpɒtwɒlə/

Now historical

noun

A male householder or lodger with his own separate fireplace on which a pot could be boiled, which qualified him to vote in a parliamentary election in some English boroughs before the 1832 Reform Act.

This system of determining the electorate was one of the abuses criticized by electoral reformers in the early 19th cent..

Origin

Early 18th century; earliest use found in Original Journals of the House of Commons. From pot + wall + -er. Compare earlier pot-walling.

单词	potwaller
释义	potwaller /ˈpɒtwɒlə/ Now historical noun A male householder or lodger with his own separate fireplace on which a pot could be boiled, which qualified him to vote in a parliamentary election in some English boroughs before the 1832 Reform Act. This system of determining the electorate was one of the abuses criticized by electoral reformers in the early 19th cent.. Origin Early 18th century; earliest use found in Original Journals of the House of Commons. From pot + wall + -er. Compare earlier pot-walling.
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