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knacker

noun knack·er \ ˈna-kər \

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

Origin and Etymology of knacker

probably from English dialect, saddlemaker

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