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Webster 1913 Edition


Knacker

Knack′er

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Noun.
1.
One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
Mortimer.
2.
One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; – called also
clapper
.
Halliwell.

Knack′er

,
Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
hnakkr
a saddle.]
1.
a harness maker.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
2.
One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog’s meat.
[Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Knacker

KNACK'ER

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Noun.
nak'er. A maker of knacks, toys or small work.
1.
A rope-maker, or collar-maker. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


Knacker

Knacker

See also: knacker and knäcker

German

Noun

Knacker m (genitive Knackers, plural Knacker)

  1. "alter Knacker": geezer, old codger

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knacker

knacker

See also: Knacker and knäcker

English

Noun

knacker (plural knackers)

  1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)
  2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; a clapper.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  3. A harness maker.
  4. One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
    • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Ch. XXII, Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition, pg. 117-118,
      After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker
  5. One who dismantles old ships, houses etc., and sells their components.
  6. (Ireland, Britain, offensive) A member of the Travelling Community; a Gypsy.
  7. (Ireland, offensive, slang) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger or scobe.

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Verb

knacker (third-person singular simple present knackers, present participle knackering, simple past and past participle knackered)

  1. To tire out, become exhausted.
    Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out

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