horse-knacker

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• horse-knacker — horseˈ knacker noun Someone who buys and slaughters worn out horses • • • Main Entry: ↑horse …   Useful english dictionary

• horse knacker — noun : knacker …   Useful english dictionary

• Horse meat — is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is slightly sweet, tender, low in fat, and high in protein. [ [http://www.vianderichelieu.com/en/cheval/content.htm Viande Richelieu] page title: Clarifying the notion of horsemeat covers… …   Wikipedia

• knacker — (v.) usually in past tense, knackered, to kill, castrate (1855), but most often used in weakened sense of to tire out (1883); apparently from knacker (n.) worn out or useless horse, 1812, of unknown origin; possibly from a dialectal survival of a …   Etymology dictionary

• knacker — knack|er [ˈnækə US ər] v [T] BrE spoken informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: knacker horse killer ; KNACKERS YARD] 1.) to become extremely tired = ↑exhaust knacker yourself (out) ▪ Slow down you ll knacker yourself out! 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• knacker — knack·er || nækÉ™ n. seller of horse meat; person who slaughters horses; destroyer of shaky structures; old sick horse …   English contemporary dictionary

• knacker — /nak euhr/, n. Brit. 1. a person who buys animal carcasses or slaughters useless livestock for a knackery or rendering works. 2. a person who buys and dismembers old houses, ships, etc., to salvage usable parts, selling the rest as scrap. 3. Dial …   Universalium

• knackers' yard — also knacker s n BrE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: knacker horse killer (19 20 centuries) from knacker saddle maker , perhaps from a Scandinavian language] 1.) a place where horses are killed 2.) ready/fit for the knacker s yard …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …   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