pottlepot

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pottlepot

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From pottle + pot.

noun pottlepots

archaic A pot or vessel containing two quarts (four pints), especially one used to hold alcohol. ... and help her with the yeast , and filling the pottlepots of ale out of the tubs.
archaic An alcoholic, a drunkard. It is true that he departed in quest of some Carpenter's Tools, which he declare would do the job quite as well; but, again to my good luck, the carpenter was as Rare a pottlepot as he, and they two took to boiling rum in a calabash and [drinking].

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@misc{pottlepot_2026,
  title = {pottlepot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pottlepot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}