English Explanatory Dictionary

pot o' one

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A solitary, withdrawn or independent person.

Word forms

pot o' one pots o' one

Etymology

Apparently an allusion to those weavers who kept their own individual tallow-pots: see 1997 citation.

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