reel-pot

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reel-pot

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From reel (“to walk unsteadily”) + pot.

noun reel-pots

obsolete A drunkard. And lastly some shall have a palsy in their feet, and will not be able to stand to anything but shake and reel from the stall into the channel—your excellent reel-pots.
Similar: squeeze-grape, tosspot

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@misc{reel_pot_2026,
  title = {reel-pot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reel-pot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}