ˈscavagery rare—1.
[f. scavage n. + -ery.]
= scavengery.
| 1851 Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 217/2 In scavagery, the average hours of daily work are twelve. Ibid. 259/2 When the sages of the city sewers did not consider any proposed improvement in scavagery worthy their attention. |