You got it. Knackered = finished, kaput, toast, worn-out...
In England, the post-retirement facility for race horses, which we might
refer to as the "glue factory", is known as the knacker's, as is what we
might call a wrecking yard.
on 3/29/04 10:45 AM, DMatt21502@aol.com at DMatt21502@aol.com wrote:
> At the risk of sounding ignorant. ( Not a new problem!!!) What are knackered
> bearings? Is this and old country colloquialism? Dave
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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