knickerbockers
knickerbockers · knickerbockerses
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Knickerbocker
Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th…Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.
UK/ˈnɪkəbɒkəz/US/ˈnɪkɚbɑkɚz/
Meaning
1 senses(plural, plural only)Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.
Knickerbocker
бри́джиbrídži
More definitions
- (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee
Translations
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Origin
From Knickerbocker + -s, after the short breeches worn by Diedrich Knickerbocker in GeorgeFrom Knickerbocker + -s, after the short breeches worn by Diedrich Knickerbocker in George Cruikshank's illustrations of Washington Irving's 1809 A History of New York.
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Forms
plural: knickerbockersesSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee:breechesknee breechesknee pantsknickers