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KNACKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does knacker mean?
• KNACKER (noun)
The noun KNACKER has 2 senses:
1. someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
2. someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
Familiarity information: KNACKER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("knacker" is a kind of...):
wrecker (someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("knacker" is a kind of...):
butcher; slaughterer (a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market)
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