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Word of the Day 04/12/19 Knackered

Knackered (adjective)
knackered [nak-erd]

adjective British Slang.
1. exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.


Origin: 1885–90; knacker to tire (attenuation of earlier sense “to kill”; cf. knacker def. 1) + -ed

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