Rhyming Slang (was - Re: An interesting bit of trivia)

Katrina patnkatng at cox.net
Thu Jan 1 13:59:43 UTC 2004


> 
> Iggy here:
> 
> Interesting... I had always heard that a "knacker" was a kind of
> butcher, and so if something is "knackered," it's been cut up for 
its
> meat.
> 

Katrina (late to the discussion):

I always thought that a Knacker was one of those elfin folk who 
inhabited Cornish tin mines. (aka Knockers, or Tommyknockers).








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