knackery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of knackery
Example Sentences
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When you think about it, the universe is nothing but this vast knackery of churning black holes and exploding stars, constantly freeing atoms that collect together and become something else, and something else again.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Rumors spread like a diaspora of atoms in the knackery of the universe, always getting rendered into something else and something else.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
The knackery truck was on its way to the plant after picking up a twenty-two-year-old Percheron gelding.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Something was being rendered out of my heart in the knackery of this night.
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
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