knacker

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: knack=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

knacker, n. 

•  One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.  Mortimer.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]

knacker, n. [Cf. Icel. hnakkr a saddle.].

•  a harness maker.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

knacker, n. & v. Brit.
--n.
1 a buyer of useless horses for slaughter.
2 a buyer of old houses, ships, etc. for the materials.
--v.tr. sl.
1 kill.
2 (esp. as knackered adj.) exhaust, wear out.

Etymology

19th c.: orig. unkn.