SINCE 1828
knacker
noun
knack·er
| \ ˈna-kər
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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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