body-snatcher

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See also: bodysnatcher and body snatcher

English

Noun

body-snatcher (plural body-snatchers)

  1. Alternative spelling of body snatcher
    • 1819, J. H. Vaux, New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs
      Body-snatcher, a stealer of dead bodies from churchyards; which are sold to the surgeons and students in anatomy.
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