pot o' one
(Yorkshire) A solitary, withdrawn or independent person.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(Yorkshire) A solitary, withdrawn or independent person.
Origin: Apparently an allusion to those weavers who kept their own individual tallow-pots: see 1997 citation. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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