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Duke of Exeter's Daughter
(The). A rack in the Tower of London, so called from a
minister of Henry VI., who sought to introduce it into England.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Duke of Exeter's Daughter from Infoplease:
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