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KNACKER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who buys up old horses for slaughter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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