Potlicker
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One who crowds out someone elses fishing spot...
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original usage for word\name derived from logging camps in the mid 1800s; kitchen helper at the logging camp who got what was left over in the pots after feeding the crew.
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Some one who is to lazy or unmotivated to get something done in order to get what they want, someone who would rather lick the empty pot instead of work for a bowl of some stew.
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as pertaining to fisherman:
the first examples of the term being used to describe other fisherman was in the early 1930s in the diarys of pissed off fisherman.
def. - A potlicker in fishing is a man who is too lazy to go find fish on his own, so he looks for someone who is already on fish and then he moves into that mans spot. He potlicks, hes a lazy bastard who depends on what others find or leave him.
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One who takes over your fishing spots! A person requiring guided knowledge to catch fish. One who shares trusted fishing knowledge with others. One who uses live bait.
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racial slur to Irish people
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someone of poor breeding and limited finance
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Low life, one who licks the toilet pot.
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original usage for word\name derived from logging camps in the mid 1800s; kitchen helper at the logging camp who got what was left over in the pots after feeding the crew.
@Jessica this is what Potlicker (liquor) means in Southeast Texas
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My father used this word a lot and when I asked about it, the answer was that people in medieval time had workers who's daily chore was to clean the royal chamber pots, they were called potlickers.
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