ollapodEtymologyFrom the name of a character in George Colman the Younger's comedy of The Poor Gentleman.nounA country apothecary.“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.”