| 单词 | resurrection woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasresurrection woman resurrection woman n. now historical a woman who illegally procures corpses in order to sell them to anatomists; cf. resurrection man n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > bodysnatcher > [noun] resurrectionist1777 resurrection man1781 resurrection woman1815 body snatcher1819 resurrection cove1819 resurrectioner1822 resurrection jarvey1825 grab1831 snatcher1831 body lifter1832 all-night man1861 resurrector1861 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > [noun] > one who > for anatomical purposes resurrectionist1777 resurrection man1781 resurrection woman1815 resurrection cove1819 resurrection jarvey1825 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xvii. 330 They were, you remember, resurrection-women, who had promised to procure a child's body for some young surgeons. 1922 Museum Jrnl. (Univ. Pennsylvania) June 301 For an hour the resurrection women had to wait; that was the time required by law; then they were free to remove such bodies as they might claim. < as lemmas |
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