body-snatcher
See also: bodysnatcher and body snatcher
English
editNoun
editbody-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.