Scavenger's Daughter
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
An instrument of torture invented by Sir William Skevington, lieutenant of the Tower in the reign of Henry
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Scavenger's Daughter” mean?
An instrument of torture invented by Sir William Skevington, lieutenant of the Tower in the reign of Henry
Is “Scavenger's Daughter” formal or informal?
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