"__ the body electric" (1,4)

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eel

(Other definitions for eel that I've seen before include "Ribbon-like fish" , "Slippery character" , "Moray or electric, for instance" , "Large elver" , "Proverbially slippery fish" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press.

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