knackery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of knackery
Example Sentences
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Something was being rendered out of my heart in the knackery of this night.
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
Atoms will be scattered, and the knackery never shuts down.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
If I had lain there for a few million miles more than I did, the knackery of the ant nest would have disassembled Finn Easton and turned him into all sorts of useful ant products.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
“Sticky atoms are caused by love, or sometimes by hate or fear. The knackery has a hard time breaking down love and hate into anything else.”
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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