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knacker

UK /ˈnakə/US /ˈnækɚ/

noun 10
verb 2
forms 3

noun10

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One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
- After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker. — 1933
One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.
[in the plural] (slang, vulgar) A testicle.
(slang, offensive) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.
(UK, offensive) An itinerant person, especially one of Irish Traveller heritage.
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An old, worn-out horse.
- Believe me, you can get an old knacker for cheap at the glue yard, but it won't carry you as far as a thoroughbred! — 2014
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One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand.
- A Bachanalian dancing the Spanish Morisco, with knackers at his fingers. — 1649
One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
(no longer used) A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery).
(dialect, no longer used) A collier's horse.

verb2

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(UK, slang) To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged.
- Carrying that giant statue up those stairs completely knackered me.
- That table that I was going to put the statue on may not suffice, as it's completely knackered.
(UK, slang) To reprimand.

forms

knackered · knackering · knackers

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