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knackery

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knack⋅er⋅y

  [nak-uh-ree]
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–noun British.
rendering works.
Origin:
1865–70; knack(er) + -ery
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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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