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Skevington's daughter

Skevington's daughter is the alternative form of Skeffington's daughter.

Meaning of Skeffington's daughter

Noun

Skeffington's daughter (plural Skeffington's daughters)

  1. (historical) An old instrument of torture, a metal A-frame that compressed the body so as to force blood from the nose and ears.

Forms of Skevington's daughter

pluralSkevington's daughters

Questions about Skevington's daughter

What is Skevington's daughter the alternative form of?
Skevington's daughter is the alternative form of Skeffington's daughter.

Words near Skevington's daughter in the dictionary

  1. skeuomorphically
  2. skeuomorphism
  3. skeuomorphisms
  4. skeuomorphs
  5. Skevington
  6. Skevington's daughter
  7. Skevington's daughters
  8. skevish
  9. skew
  10. skew arch
  11. skew arches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Skevington's daughter (page history and authors); Skeffington's daughter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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