body-snatcher
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See also: bodysnatcher and body snatcher
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]body-snatcher (plural body-snatchers)
- 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.