Irish slang

thumb|upright=1.4|"A Dead Horse on a Knacker's Cart", drawing by Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827). thumb|A group of dead pigs awaiting pickup by a local knackery, dumped at the edge of a farm site in [[Scotland; pig farmers in particular prefer the knackery truck not to come close to where live pigs are kept as this is a way that disease can be spread.]] thumb|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.