knacker

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"Then send for the knacker, and have the head of the horse on which I rode here cut off, for it vexed me on the way."

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  1. noun Chiefly British A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides.
  2. noun Chiefly British A person who buys discarded structures and dismantles them to sell the materials.

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  1. Probably of Scandinavian origin.

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  1. from knack, v., + -er.
  2. Perhaps all particular uses of knacker; but the senses are involved, and two or more words may be concerned.
 

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/ˈnækər/
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