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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“I’m just happy to be riding,” she said, smiling while packing up her knickerbockers and socks.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020
Suits included boyish shorts or knickerbockers more often than a trouser.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2020
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
In 1923, the Rep pioneered modern-dress Shakespeare with a Cymbeline that had Imogen sporting knickerbockers and a cap.
From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2013
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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