resurrection-man

The humour of the humorous characters rings false -- for example, the fun of the resurrection-man with the wife who "flops."

Essays in Little Andrew Lang 1878

Burke, the resurrection-man, infamous for so many murders at five shillings a head, used to sit thereat, with pipe and nightcap, to watch burials going forward on the green.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Farther down still, the deep bass oath of the choleric resurrection-man; but above, all was silent.

Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

At the third shout of his disturber the resurrection-man threw open his door violently and appeared at the gap, the upward flare of the candle showing the deep lines ploughed in his hideous face, and the immense strength of his gigantic trunk and limbs.

Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

At the third shout of his disturber the resurrection-man threw open his door violently and appeared at the gap, the upward flare of the candle showing the deep lines ploughed in his hideous face, and the immense strength of his gigantic trunk and limbs.

Lucretia — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

You may be clutched by that blackguard resurrection-man, No. 7.

Lucretia — Volume 05 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

You may be clutched by that blackguard resurrection-man, No. 7.

Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Farther down still, the deep bass oath of the choleric resurrection-man; but above, all was silent.

Lucretia — Volume 05 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

But she did not condescend to any stratagem or underhand attempt to violate the grave, which, had she been capable of admitting such an idea, might possibly have been accomplished by the aid of a resurrection-man.

Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

In the sixth and seventh books, where the scene lies in the churchyard amongst the mountains, it is evident that the philosopher would have been arrested as a resurrection-man, had he not been known to substantial farmers as a pedlar 'with some money.'

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822