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knacker's yard — noun 1. A place where horses are slaughtered 2. The scrap heap (figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑knacker * * * knacker’s yard UK US [ˈnækərz ˌjɑrd] noun [countable] [ … Useful english dictionary
knacker's yard — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a place where old or injured animals are slaughtered … English terms dictionary
knacker's yard — UK / US [ˈnækərz ˌjɑrd] noun [countable] Word forms knacker s yard : singular knacker s yard plural knacker s yards British old fashioned a place where old or injured horses are killed … English dictionary
knacker's yard — noun a) That area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue. He is only fit for the knackers yard. b) A place to send a person or object that is spent beyond all… … Wiktionary
knacker's yard — n. (British usage) place for slaughtering old or wounded animals … English contemporary dictionary
knacker's yard — noun Brit. a place where old or injured animals are slaughtered … English new terms dictionary
Yard (disambiguation) — Yard may mean: *Yard, a unit of length (3 feet) *Megalithic yard, a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement *Yard (beer), an extremely long beer glass *Yard (land), an enclosed area, usually attached to a building, sometimes a garden (often… … Wikipedia
Knacker — A knacker is a person in the trade of rendering animals that are unfit for human consumption, such as horses that can no longer work. [ [http://knackerman.com/ What is a Knackerman] knackerman.com, undated (accessed 18 February,2007)] This leads… … Wikipedia
yard — noun 1 piece of land next to a building ADJECTIVE ▪ front ▪ back (usually backyard), rear (esp. BrE) ▪ church (usually churchyard), farm (usually … Collocations dictionary
knacker — [[t]næ̱kə(r)[/t]] knackers N COUNT A knacker is someone who buys up old horses and then kills them for their meat, bones, or leather. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Her horse was a show jumper whom the family rescued from the knacker s yard … English dictionary
