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knackeredKnacker's yard: Place wherre dead animals are taken. See french 'necr'ology, from greek 'nekros'=dead.

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See : French GALETTE, from norman GALET (XIII), from arabic KALIT .
Word brought back from crusades. (also means flat pebble or pancake).

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Old french : lamper = to gulp.
Derived from french 'lampe' = same as english 'lamp'.
ie: French Etymology : swallow the 'quantity of alcohol needed to fill a lamp'.
English lump is pronounced 'lamp' by posh people of anglo-norman origin.
Hence : swallow a lump (of meat), = (lump in my throat). 

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Sorry, french clampe is in fact of recent origin.

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Clump pronounced 'clamp' by posh people of anglo-norman descent.
From french 'clampe' , hold tightly together....

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