Nacker vs. Knacker

Nacker vs. Knacker — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Nacker and Knacker

Nackernoun

obsolete form of nacre

Knackernoun

A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides.

Knackernoun

A person who buys unwanted structures, such as houses or ships, and dismantles them to sell the materials.

Knackernoun

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

Knackernoun

One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; a clapper.

Knackernoun

A harness maker.

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Knackernoun

One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.

Knackernoun

One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.

Knackernoun

A member of the Travelling Community; a Gypsy.

Knackernoun

A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger or scobe.

Knackernoun

A testicle.

Knackernoun

A collier's horse.

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Knackerverb

(slang) To tire out, exhaust.

Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out

Knackerverb

(slang) To reprimand.

Digital giants Dstv and Vision Group’s Bukedde Television didn’t go untouched with the former lashed for laxities in re-connection especially in cases where a subscriber renewed their subscription by Mobile Money, while the latter got knackered for promoting witchcraft and witch doctors. ( http://trumpetnews.co.ug/2017/03/16/1615/ )

Knackernoun

someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them

Knackernoun

someone who buys up old horses for slaughter