Wiktionary:Word of the day/October 20

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knacker's yard n

The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption or other purposes are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue. (colloquial, figuratively) A (notional) place to send a person or object that is spent beyond all reasonable use.

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