subs. phr. (obsolete).—A body-snatcher; a RESURRECTIONIST (q.v.).
1861. DEAN RAMSAY, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, II. 133. The body-lifters, or ALL-NIGHT-MEN, as they were wont to be called.
subs. phr. (obsolete).—A body-snatcher; a RESURRECTIONIST (q.v.).
1861. DEAN RAMSAY, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, II. 133. The body-lifters, or ALL-NIGHT-MEN, as they were wont to be called.
