Definition of Knackery

1. Noun. The workplace of a knacker; a knacker’s yard ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knackery

1. the place of business of a knacker [n -ERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knackery

kmc
knaa
knab
knabbed
knabbing
knabs
knack
knack-kneed
knacked
knacker
knacker's yard
knackered
knackeries
knackering
knackery (current term)
knackier
knackiest
knacking
knackish
knacks
knackwurst
knackwursts
knacky
knag
knagged
knaggie
knaggier
knaggies
knaggiest

Literary usage of Knackery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report in Respect of the Inquiry as to Effluvium Nuisances Arising in by Edward Ballard (1882)
"On four occasions I have met with the manufacture of an artificial manure in association with a knackery. One of these was Kent's, near one of the railways ..."

2. A Manual of Practical Hygiene by Edmund Alexander Parkes (1887)
"Parent-Duchatelet, from his examination of the health of the men employed at the knackery and slaughter-house at Montfaucon, came also to the conclusion ..."

3. The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany (1818)
"... than this essayist's salubrious but unproductive specimen of running up and down a hill. for a moment of comparing the knick- knackery exercises of ..."

4. Parisian Sights and French Principles, Seen Through American Spectacles by James Jackson Jarves (1855)
"... and mechanics of knick-knackery, every other knick-knackery and fashion, not absolutely Parisian in its origin and education, is rapidly giving way. ..."

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