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  • In the same regard, if Inspector Knacker from the Met orders a GMP Sgt to * insert tactic here* with his PC’s, he should know exactly what the order entails, and not hesitate carrying it out.

    Be Carefull What You Wish For « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • "Knacker" was street slang for a horse slaughterer.

    Portrait of a Killer Cornwell, Patricia 1930

  • The poem is difficult to decipher in places, and "Knacker" might be used twice or might be "Knocker" in one of the lines.

    Portrait of a Killer Cornwell, Patricia 1930

  • Balls were "Knacker" (a slang word for ` ballocks 'or ` testicle') or "Ghoolie" (an East Indian word for ` ball ') Some Wood/Woods were "Timber," others were "Lackry," a word, again, from India -- not to be confused with louri or lowry -- a word meaning ` lingam, penis.'

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 3 1981

  • Shep Knacker has long saved for "The Afterlife": an idyllic retreat to the Third World where his nest egg can last forever.

    So Much for That: Summary and book reviews of So Much for That by Lionel Shriver. 2010

  • Thus we learn that Smuggo is prepared, for the moment at any rate, to forego all the moolah he has lined up for himself since slipping from the grasp on his greasy collar of Inspector Knacker of the Yard if the Euro Nabobery grant him plenipotentiary powers over ‘defence and trade’:

    Blair? How Many Divisions Has He Got? 2008

  • Inspector Knacker, we are assured, is too busy retiring at 50 defrauding the PA scheme bothering drivers and getting fat at his desk to put twice the bodies on this, and must have six weeks.

    The Newmania surveillance satellite Newmania 2008

  • Thus we learn that Smuggo is prepared, for the moment at any rate, to forego all the moolah he has lined up for himself since slipping from the grasp on his greasy collar of Inspector Knacker of the Yard if the Euro Nabobery grant him plenipotentiary powers over ‘defence and trade’:

    Archive 2008-01-27 2008

  • What may be missing is the moolah from very wealthy businessmen who have mysteriously discovered the virtues of Socialism in recent years and who have been frightened off by the sight of Knacker of the Yard feeling collars in the ‘cash for peerages’ enquiry.

    Money Can't Buy Them Love 2008

  • The intervention of Knacker of the Yard was inevitable given the clear evidence of offences having been committed under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

    An Efflux Of Labour Effluvia 2007

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