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Knacker   Listen
noun
Knacker  n.  
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; called also clapper.





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"Knacker" Quotes from Famous Books



... have encountered the persistent misfortune for which no cause can be found. They have the same right as we to speak of their star, their good or bad luck, their prosperity or disaster. Compare the fate of the cab-horse, that ends its days at the knacker's, after having passed through the hands of a hundred brutal and nameless masters, with that of the thorough-bred which dies of old age in the stable of a kind-hearted master; and from the point of view of justice (unless we accept the Buddhist theory, that life in this ...
— The Buried Temple • Maurice Maeterlinck
... my master for the last fifteen years, till I am thoroughly worn out, and only this morning I heard him say, 'Roger'—that's my name—'is no use to me any longer; I shall have to send him to the knacker's and get a few pence for his hide and his hoofs.' There's gratitude ...
— Europa's Fairy Book • Joseph Jacobs


Words linked to "Knacker" :   wrecker


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