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Grave robbers. First applied to Burke and Hare, in 1829, who ritled graves to sell the bodies for dissection, and sometimes even murdered people for the same purpose.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Repenter Curls
Reply Churlish (The)
Reproof Valiant (The)
Republican Queen
Republicans
Resolute (The)
Rest (The)
Rest on One’s Oars
Restive
Restorationists
Resurrection Men
Resurrection Pie
Retiarius
Retort Courteous (The)
Reuben Dixon
Reveillé [re-vay-ya]
Revenons à nos Moutons
Reverend
Revetments
Review
Revise