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Body snatcher   /bˈɑdi snˈætʃər/   Listen
Body snatcher

noun
1.
Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection.  Synonyms: ghoul, graverobber.





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"Body snatcher" Quotes from Famous Books



... "He's a body snatcher! he's a man hunter! he's ev'rything mean an' filthy!" exclaimed the girl, her face red and her eyes blazing. Her appearance was really most astonishing. Laura would never have believed that "Lonesome Liz" could ...
— The Girls of Central High in Camp - The Old Professor's Secret • Gertrude W. Morrison
... Scotty's great ambition to be a sniper or "body snatcher" as Mr. Atkins calls it. The day that he was detailed as Brigade Sniper, he celebrated his appointment by blowing the whole ...
— Over The Top • Arthur Guy Empey


Words linked to "Body snatcher" :   thief, graverobber, stealer, ghoul


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