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knack⋅er

  [nak-er]
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–noun British.
1. a person who buys animal carcasses or slaughters useless livestock for a knackery or rendering works.
2. a person who buys and dismembers old houses, ships, etc., to salvage usable parts, selling the rest as scrap.
3. Dialect. an old, sick, or useless farm animal, esp. a horse.
4. Obsolete. a harness maker; a saddler.
Origin:
1565–75; knack (< Scand; cf. Icel hnakkr nape of the neck, saddle) + -er 1
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knack·er   (nāk'ər)   
n.   Chiefly British

  1. A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides.

  2. A person who buys discarded structures and dismantles them to sell the materials.


[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]
knack'er·y (-ə-rē) n.
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