scaldrum dodge
(UK, obsolete, slang) A beggar's trick of burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder, so as to appear to have been injured in an accident.
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A beggar's trick of burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder, so as to appear to have been injured in an accident.
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