knacker's yard

knacker's yard
knacker's yard noun
1. A place where horses are slaughtered
2. The scrap-heap (figurative)
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Main Entry:knacker

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knacker’s yard UK US [ˈnækərz ˌjɑrd] noun [countable] [singular knacker’s yard plural knacker’s yards] british old-fashioned
a place where old or injured horses are killed
Thesaurus: factories and industrial buildingshyponym

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ˈknacker's yard [knacker's yard] (also the knackers) noun usually singular (old-fashioned, BrE)
a place where old and injured horses are taken to be killed

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