BODY-SNATCHER

[/ˈbɑːdiˌsnætʃər/]

Definition

A robber of grave-worms.
One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker.
The hyena.

Additional notes

One night, a doctor said, "last fall, I and my comrades, four in all, When visiting a graveyard stood Within the shadow of a wall. While waiting for the moon to sink We saw a wild hyena slink About a new-made grave, and then Begin to excavate its brink! Shocked by the horrid act, we made A sally from our ambuscade, And, falling on the unholy beast, Dispatched him with a pick and spade." Bettel K. Jhones

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