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has gloss	(noun) someone who buys up old horses for slaughter knacker
has gloss	eng: A knacker is a person in the trade of rendering animals that are unfit for human consumption, such as horses that can no longer work. This leads to the slang expression "knackered" meaning very tired, or "ready for the knacker’s yard", where old horses are slaughtered and made into dog food and glue. A knacker's yard or knackery is where this takes place, as opposed to a slaughterhouse, where animals are slaughtered for human food.
lexicalization	eng: knacker
subclass of	(noun) a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market butcher, slaughterer

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Abdecker, auch Wasenmeister, Feldmeister, Fallmeister, Luderführer, Schinder (siehe Schinderhannes), Kleeken, Mausgewitz, Kaviller, Kafiller, Racker oder Kleemeister genannt, waren in einer Abdeckerei für die Tierkörperverwertung zuständig. Die Bauern waren verpflichtet, sämtliche Tierkadaver an den Abdecker zu übergeben. Diese verwerteten die Reste und vergruben oder verbrannten, was nicht mehr verwertet werden konnte.
lexicalization	deu: Abdecker
lexicalization	deu: Racker
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lexicalization	deu: Pferdeschlachter
lexicalization	deu: Pferdeschlächter
Irish
lexicalization	gle: knacker
Norwegian
has gloss	nor: En nattmann (tidligere betegnelse også rakker), var en person som utførte arbeid med tømming av utedoer og latriner i bymessige strøk. Han tok seg også av nedgraving av dyrekadavere. Nattmannen kjørte omkring med hest og nattmannssluffe for å gjøre jobben sin.
lexicalization	nor: nattmann
Swedish
has gloss	swe: Rackaren var bödelns dräng. Han ställde avrättningsplatsen i ordning inför förrättningen, plockade ner de döda som hängts och steglats och grävde ner dem i galgbacken, begravde självmördare i skogen, och om brottet ansågs mer skamligt kunde han även utdela vissa kroppsstraff (vilket annars en profoss gjorde).
lexicalization	swe: rackare

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