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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And she paired empire-waist tunic dresses encrusted with blooms with matching encrusted knickerbockers — like leggings, the couture version.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2021
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
Lightly soulful as she trembles between tearfulness and merriment, she looks, in knickerbockers and buckled shoes, like an older version of the boy in When Did You Last See Your Father?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2011
Smeltings boys wore maroon tailcoats, orange knickerbockers, and flat straw hats called boaters.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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