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Beatnik vs Knacker - What's the difference?

beatnik | knacker |

As a noun beatnik

is a person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and whose manner of dress reflects a rejection of conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.

As a verb knacker is

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beatnik

English

(wikipedia beatnik)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and whose manner of dress reflects a rejection of conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior
  • A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "beatnik")

    See also

    * Baghdad by the Bay (also coined by Herb Caen) * hepcat * hippie, hippy * jazznik

    References

    English words suffixed with -nik ----

    knacker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
    • (Mortimer)
  • One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; a clapper.
    • (Halliwell)
  • A harness maker.
  • One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
  • * 1933 , George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London , Ch. XXII, Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition, pg. 117-118,
    • After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker
  • One who dismantles old ships, houses etc., and sells their components.
  • (Ireland, British, offensive) A member of the Travelling Community; a Gypsy.
  • (Ireland, offensive, slang) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger or scobe.

    • Derived terms

    * knacker's yard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To tire out, become exhausted.
    • Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out