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KNACKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("knacker" is a kind of...):
butcher; slaughterer (a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("knacker" is a kind of...):
wrecker (someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job)