Meaning of Knacker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand.
3. A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery).
   archaic
4. One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
5. One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.
6. An itinerant person, especially one of Irish Traveller heritage.
   British, Ireland, ethnic, offensive, slur
7. A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.
   Ireland, offensive, slang
8. A testicle.
   UK, in-plural, slang, vulgar
9. An old, worn-out horse.
10. A collier's horse.
    UK, dialectal, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: toymaker”

“A Bachanalian dancing the Spanish Morisco, with knackers at his fingers.”

“Plow-wright , Cart-wright, Knacker and Smith”

“Near-synonyms: slaughterer, slaughterman”

“After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker.”

“Near-synonyms: salvager, salvor; scrapper, wrecker, breaker; shipbreaker, car breaker”

“He looked like⟳ someone had put⟳ a 9mm full metal jacket round through his left scrotum. He even had his mouth open⟳ in some parody of a soundless scream⟳, much as I imagined I would do if someone shot my left knacker off.”

“Believe⟳ me, you can get⟳ an old knacker for cheap at the glue yard, but it won't carry⟳ you as far as a thoroughbred!”

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