Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) a person who steals luggage from travelling coaches.

c.1850

Duncombe New and Improved Flash Dict. n.p.: Ravellaverners fellows who cut trunks, &c. from behind travelling carriages, &c. Ravellavern-screws keepers of Fence-kens, who receive the stolen trunks, break them open; (unscrew the Peters) dispose of what they contain and share the brads.