knacker's yard
noun/ˈnæk.əz ˌjɑːd/UK/ˈnæ.kɚz ˌjɑɹd/US
Etymology
From knacker (“one who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides”) + -'s + yard.
Definitions
The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption or other…
The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption or other purposes are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.
- [T]he market [Smithfield Market] is surrounded by slaughter-houses and knackers' yards, tallow-melting, bone-boiling, tripe-washing, and other offensive trades; [...]
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.
- No-one would argue that the system is perfect. But as it nears pensionable age, only deranged free marketeers want to see it packed off to the knacker's yard.
The neighborhood
- neighborInspector Knacker
- neighborknacker
- neighborknackered
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA