knackery

[ nak-uh-ree ]

noun

, British.

1. rendering works.

Word History and Origins

Origin of knackery¹

First recorded in 1865–70; knack(er) + -ery

Example Sentences

Atoms will drift apart and get rearranged in the great knackery of the universe.

From Literature

Something was being rendered out of my heart in the knackery of this night.

From Literature

Mr. Nossik reentered the great knackery of the universe.

From Literature

If I had lain there for a few million miles more than I did, the knackery of the ant nest would have disassembled Finn Easton and turned him into all sorts of useful ant products.

From Literature

The power plant was easily replaced, although nobody knows for certain how many irreplaceable people had been swallowed up in William Mulholland’s churning liquid knackery.

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