knacker

/ˈnækər/
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Other forms: knackers

Definitions of knacker
  1. noun
    someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
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    type of:
    butcher, slaughterer
    a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
  2. noun
    someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
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    type of:
    wrecker
    someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
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