grave-dancer

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grave-dancer definition

n.
someone who profits from or takes advantage of someone else's misfortune. (From dance on grave, seemingly in celebration of someone else's misfortune.) : I don't want to seem like a grave-dancer, but his defeat places me in line for a promotion.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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