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
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
The boys, from eight to fourteen years of age, looked alike in straggling knickerbockers and broken-peaked caps.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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