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knackers' yards

knackers' yards is the plural of knacker's yard.

Meaning of knacker's yard

Noun

knacker's yard (plural knackers' yards)

  1. The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption or other purposes are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.
    • CXXV. The Commissioners may license such slaughter-house and knacker's yards^([sic]) as they from time to time think proper for slaughtering cattle within the limits of the special Act. CXXVI. No place shall be used or occupied as a slaughter-house or knacker's yard within the said limits which was...1847 June 21, “[10 & 11 Victoriæ] Cap. XXXIV. An Act for Consolidating in One Act Certain Provisions usually Contained in Acts for Paving, Draining, Cleansing, Lighting, and Improving Towns.”, in A...
    Synonyms:
    knackery, schindery
  2. (colloquial, figuratively) A (notional) place to send a person or object that is spent beyond all reasonable use.
    • I’ve never met someone so incompetent. He’s only fit for the knacker’s yard.

Questions about knackers' yards

What is knackers' yards the plural of?
Knackers' yards is the plural of knacker's yard.

Words near knackers' yards in the dictionary

  1. knackered
  2. knackeredness
  3. knackeries
  4. knackering
  5. knackers
  6. knackers' yards
  7. Knackerville
  8. knackery
  9. knackiness
  10. knacking
  11. knackish

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