knacker
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈnækə/
- UK
:
matador de caballos
- Including this summer's must-have horseflesh, and the new 'career' mode where you take your pony from the stallion's balls to the knacker's yard!
Examples
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He's also the go-to Northumberland knacker man.
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What'll be next, the knackers' yard?
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Send me to the knacker!
Fiction book (1995) -
I need a pack beast, and I'll give you enough to make good on what you owe these folk before they take you yourself to the knacker.
Fiction book (1995) -
Suppose it's particular?" she whispered to Slipper; there was always the odd bit of horse meat to be stolen from the knackers' house.
Fiction book (1991) -
My man guthrie was like an ox at the knackers-yard Under Cunningham's blade.
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The knacker from Narbonne was due in the morning, and he had sat with them all night in the warm, musty air, watching them settle down on the beaten earth floor, listening to the rhythmical tones of their breathing, although in the dream he had only gotten as far as the sheepfold door before the smell of the belier had awoken him.
Fiction book (2000) -
The local knacker was called to take away the injured horse from the farmer's field.
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After its long service, the old cart horse was sold to the knacker for its by-products.
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The knacker arrived early in the morning to pick up the animals that were no longer fit for work.
Synonyms
2
6.5
A person who kills animals and prepares their meat for people to eat
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7.4
A person who kills animals for meat in a building like a meat factory
Surface Forms
Etymology
Knacker has for a long time meant a person who buys and kills old or injured horses to get useful parts like hides and meat. Think of someone who 'takes' what can still be used from a tired animal, and that is why a knacker does that job.