> At the risk of sounding ignorant. ( Not a new problem!!!) What are
knackered
> bearings? Is this and old country colloquialism? Dave
>From the New College Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the
English Language - copywright last shown in this edition of 1976
Knacker - n. British 1. A person who buys useless or worn-out livestock
and sells the meat or hides. 2. A person who buys up discarded
structures and dismantles them to sell the materials. [Originally "harness
maker," saddler, probably from Scandinavian, akin to Old Norse hnakkur,
saddle]
So if it is used as an adjective, I guess worn out fits well for this one.
Phil Bates
'67 MGB
'58 MGA
misc other stuff, mostly
british.
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