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
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Bensmann offers different cuts of Bavarian lederhosen, traditional knee-longs, short ones that end mid-thigh and longer, looser knickerbockers.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
This image, of a fair-haired child dressed as a page boy, in cape and knickerbockers, adorns the cover of the American edition of Sebald’s novel.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2017
These days, you don’t need goosed-up threats of nicotine stains and rebuckled knickerbockers to rouse the anxieties of parents.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2016
Any woman wishing to camp, he decreed sternly, should be sure to sport knickerbockers made of "soft angora, not cashmere".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2011
From their rooms, the boys watched Princeton alumni stroll around the golf course wearing their knickerbockers, high argyle socks, and tweed caps.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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