knickerbockers
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of knickerbockers
C19: regarded as the traditional dress of the Dutch settlers in America; see Knickerbocker
Vocabulary lists containing knickerbockers
Example Sentences
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Chamberlain’s mark, eclipsing his own record of 78, came last night as the Warriors defeated the New York Knickerbockers 169-147.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021
No team has played more games on Christmas than the Knickerbockers.
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019
In 1946, Irish founded the 11-team Basketball Association of America and became the owner of the New York franchise, the Knickerbockers.
From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2017
Adams was the president of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club, which hosted a convention of 14 New York-area clubs to codify the rules of "Base Ball."
From US News • Apr. 7, 2016
Knickerbockers take their name from Diedrich Knickerbocker, the pseudonym under which Washington Irving wrote his History of Old New York, in which the early Dutch inhabitants are depicted in baggy knee-breeches.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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