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What (who) is knackered - definition

PERSON WHO REMOVES ANIMAL CARCASSES AND ROADKILL
Knackered; Knackers; Knackery; Knackers yard; Knacker's yard; Knackerman
  • Smoke discharging from incinerators at Douglasbrae Knackery, Scotland. The business deals with the disposal of animal carcasses from all over the north-east of Scotland.
  • "A Dead Horse on a Knacker's Cart", drawing by [[Thomas Rowlandson]] (1756–1827).

knackered         
adjective informal exhaust; wear out.
knackered         
1.
If you say that you are knackered, you are emphasizing that you are extremely tired. (BRIT INFORMAL)
I was absolutely knackered at the end of the match.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
If you say that something is knackered, you mean that it is completely broken or worn out. (BRIT INFORMAL)
My tape player's knackered.
ADJ
knackered         
tired, worn out
I just flew in from L.A. and boy are my arms knackered.

Wikipedia

Knacker

A knacker (), knackerman or knacker man is a person who removes and clears animal carcasses (dead, dying, injured) from private farms or public highways and renders the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow (yellow grease), glue, gelatin, bone meal, bone char, sal ammoniac, soap, bleach and animal feed. A knacker's yard or a knackery is different from a slaughterhouse or abattoir, where animals are slaughtered for human consumption. Since the Middle Ages, the occupation of "knacker man" was frequently considered a disreputable occupation. Knackers were often also commissioned by the courts as public executioners.

Examples of use of knackered
1. After the race, he was knackered, weighed down with mud.
2. "I am sure I will be knackered but I adore filming on ‘Potter,‘ " he says.
3. We haven‘t done any more mileage than our norm but I am absolutely knackered tonight.
4. I am a bit knackered though.» The full list of winners...
5. They make you too knackered and broke to appreciate or afford it in the first place.