knacker

A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides.

A person who buys discarded structures and dismantles them to sell the materials.

A man who dismantles and sells the materials of old houses, ships, etc.

That which knacks or knocks; in the plural, two pieces of wood or bone used as a plaything by boys, who strike them together by moving the hand; castanets; bones.

A maker of knacks, toys, or small work.

A collar- and harness-maker, employed chiefly by farmers.

Acolliers’ horse.

One whose occupation is the slaughtering of diseased or useless horses; also, one who deals in such horses, whether for use or slaughter.

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

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