subs. phr. (tramps’).—See quot. and FOXBITE; SCALDRUM = a beggar.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, I. 262. By these Peter was initiated into the SCALDRUM-DODGE, or the art of burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder, so as to suit the hues and complexions of the accident to be deplored.
