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knacker

/ˈnakə/ /ˈnækɚ/

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noun

Fabricant de babioles, fabricant de jouets

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

Examples :

"The knacker carefully painted tiny wooden animals for his children's playroom. "

Le fabricant de jouets peignait avec soin de minuscules animaux en bois pour la salle de jeux de ses enfants.

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noun

Claquettes, castagnettes

One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; a clapper.

Examples :

"The children made music by shaking their knackers rhythmically during the school play. "

Les enfants ont fait de la musique en agitant leurs claquettes de manière rythmique pendant la pièce de théâtre scolaire.

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noun

Bourrelier

A harness maker.

Examples :

"The knacker carefully stitched the leather straps of the horse harness together. "

Le bourrelier cousait soigneusement les lanières de cuir du harnais du cheval.

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noun

Equarrisseur

One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.

Examples :

"The old horse, too weak to pull the plow, was sold to the knacker. "

Le vieux cheval, trop faible pour tirer la charrue, a été vendu à l'équarrisseur.

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noun

Démolisseur

One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.

Examples :

"The knacker salvaged the wooden beams and copper pipes from the old school building before it was demolished. "

Le démolisseur a récupéré les poutres en bois et les tuyaux en cuivre de l'ancien bâtiment scolaire avant sa démolition.

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noun

Tzigane, Roms

A member of the Travelling Community; a Gypsy.

Examples :

""Some people in the village wrongly assume that all travellers, including the knacker family who just moved in, are dishonest." "

Certaines personnes du village supposent à tort que tous les voyageurs, y compris la famille tzigane qui vient d'emménager, sont malhonnêtes.

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noun

Prolo, plouc

(Northern English) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger or scobe.

Examples :

""The teenagers hanging around the bus stop were shouting and being disruptive; some people called them knackers." "

Les adolescents qui traînaient près de l'arrêt de bus criaient et étaient perturbateurs ; certaines personnes les appelaient des prolos.

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noun

Testicule

(chiefly in the plural) A testicle.

Examples :

"He accidentally kicked the table, and a sharp pain shot through his knackers. "

Il a accidentellement donné un coup de pied à la table, et une douleur vive a traversé ses testicules.

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noun

Cheval de charretier

A collier's horse.

Examples :

"In the old coal mines, the knacker pulled carts of coal through narrow tunnels. "

Dans les anciennes mines de charbon, le cheval de charretier tirait des chariots de charbon à travers des tunnels étroits.

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verb

Épuiser, crever

(UK slang) To tire out, exhaust.

Examples :

"Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out"

Porter cette statue géante en haut de ces escaliers m'a crevé.

energy body action sensation

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verb

Réprimander, engueuler

(UK slang) To reprimand.

Examples :

"The teacher knackered the student for not doing their homework. "

Le professeur a réprimandé l'élève pour ne pas avoir fait ses devoirs.

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