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Definition of knacker’s yard noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

knacker’s yard

noun
 
/ˈnækəz jɑːd/
 
/ˈnækərz jɑːrd/
(also the knackers)
[usually singular] (British English, old-fashioned)
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  1. a place where old and injured animals, especially horses, are taken to be killed
    • a horse condemned to the knacker's yard
    • (figurative) The company is heading for the knacker's yard.
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