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- verb Present participle of
knacker .
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Examples
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Has Arsene been pragmatic/cowardly, or have Milan been cynical in knackering/replacing the turf on the wings according to ITV.
AC Milan 4-0 Arsenal – as it happened | Barry Glendenning 2012
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All the little checks and things that you do in a society where you're judged by the way you look – that's just knackering.
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Somethine eerily familar about this, especially with Mrs. fed-up teminally knackering my Visa – are me and you married to the same woman? on November 16, 2009 at 10: 54 pm Metcountymounty
Killer Free On Shopping Spree « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Past efforts at de-knackering it have proved fruitless,
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All the little checks and things that you do in a society where you're judged by the way you look – that's just knackering.
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The burlesque girls were great and the 5 rythms dance was really enjoyable, although totally knackering!
Hooping.org | Blog | Reflections on the UK Hoop Gathering 2009
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Being a parent for the second time is infinitely more knackering.
Meera Syal: My family values Nick McGrath 2010
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David Cameron even spent a knackering night deferring to the proletariat, telling workers at Morrisons that they worked all night so he thought he should too (yes, Dave, but they don't work in the day as well) and handling halibut at Grimsby fish market, which had the unfortunate effect of highlighting the resemblance between the fish's thin lips, and cold, dead eyes, and his own.
Christina Patterson: Thanks to the politicians, we're all 'hard-working' now 2010
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The burlesque girls were great and the 5 rythms dance was really enjoyable, although totally knackering!
Hooping.org | Blog | Reflections on the UK Hoop Gathering 2009
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Past efforts at de-knackering it have proved fruitless
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