Meanings
plural Ollapods
- obsoleteA country apothecary.
1 more example
My only fear is, that we have already sunk beneath the Ollapods of former times; and the bleeding pole and the fillet, which once graced the door of the barber-surgeon, were really respectable in comparison with the advertisements and handbills which are put forth by members of royal colleges in these days.
1836, The Lancet London, page 618
Origin
From the name of a character in George Colman the Younger's comedy of The Poor Gentleman.
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