Definition of knacker
1 British : a buyer of worn-out domestic animals or their carcasses for use especially as animal food or fertilizer
2 British : a buyer of old structures for their constituent materials
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Origin and Etymology of knacker
probably from English dialect, saddlemaker
First Known Use: 1812
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