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knickerbockers

/ ˈnɪkəˌbɒkəz /

plural noun

  1. baggy breeches fastened with a band at the knee or above the ankle Also called (US)knickers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of knickerbockers1

C19: regarded as the traditional dress of the Dutch settlers in America; see Knickerbocker
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Example Sentences

Divorcees, Jews, and new money were excluded from the Knickerbockers.

An iron self-control had been the first thing he had taught Jack—years before, when he was in his first knickerbockers.

I was struck by the bishop's dress, for it was the first time I had seen the black knickerbockers and the three-cornered chapeau.

They wear dust-colored shirts and dingy knickerbockers, fastened under the knee, and heavy boots.

And Jerry asleep, with the ruffle still pinned to his wet shirt and a big hole torn in the knee of his knickerbockers.

They wear dust-coloured shirts and dingy knickerbockers, fastened under the knee, and heavy boots.

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