SV: banana sorry--off topic

[Tom Cole]

Knacker. 1. A harness or saddle maker (Icel. hnakkr - a saddle)
2. One who buys and slaughters worn out or useless horses and sells
their flesh for dog's meat, etc. (Eng. Dial.)
3. A buyer of old ships, houses, etc., for their materials. 
4. An old, worn out horse. (Eng. dial.)

Webster's New International Dictionary, 1936 model

Tom Wordaday

Susan Kline wrote:
> 
> At 12:47 PM 08/06/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >Barrie;
> >  What is a "Knacker"?
> >Jim Bryant (FL)
> 
> I'm not Barrie, either, but I think a "knacker" is the
> butcher in a slaughterhouse, specializing in worn-out
> horses. Slaughterhouse = knacker's yard. That's why
> some of the British TV has characters wandering in with
> bleared eyes and wrinkled clothes and saying they are
> knackered. They used to be offered a cup of tea, but
> that seems to be dying out.
> 
> Susan