knackered

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Yes I am knackered, and slightly emotional, but I am so excited about the new series.

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  • By dawn I was knackered, but capable of bleating a few short sentences about the most beautiful things on earth Five weeks later I had worn out my first pocket dictionary and I kept going in grammar only by the neat trick of nicking Hyacinth's text. —  The Vatican Rip-Jonathan Gash- Lovejoy 05
  • Parlabane retained an energy about himself, a drive that animated a knackered-looking face and body; like a cross between a manonette and a zombie. —  Also by Christopher Brookmyre
  • Equipment is duly knackered, dusty and close to flatlining; they boast a 50\% beard count between them; percussion comes from teacups 'n' spoons and old doors. —  NME.COM - News
  • The brass band on "Yellow Submarine" was added late at night as a substitute for a Harrison guitar solo, when "everyone was too knackered-or stoned" and they couldn't have gotten live horn players in. —  California Literary Review
  • I feel more like a knackered sash window in need of restoration. —  The Guardian World News
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