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knackery

American  
[nak-uh-ree] / ˈnæk ə ri /

noun

British.
  1. rendering works.


Etymology

Origin of knackery

First recorded in 1865–70; knack(er) + -ery


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The Leonid meteor shower is coming soon, as the knackery renders comet Tempel-Tuttle into something else, and something else again.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

The thing lay decaying in the knackery of San Francisquito Canyon’s creekbed.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

Atoms will be scattered, and the knackery never shuts down.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

They appear as knackery trucks that carry dead horses, as collapsing dams, and maybe as beautiful girls with long dancer legs who drift silently through the dust of a California desert morning.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

“This canyon is nothing but a knackery, and now it is pulling us apart too. It never shuts down, does it?”

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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