The Devil’s Dictionary by Abrose Bierce

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