knickerbockers

British  

/ ˈnɪkəˌbɒkəz /

plural noun

1. Also called (US): knickers. baggy breeches fastened with a band at the knee or above the ankle

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Etymology

Origin of knickerbockers

C19: regarded as the traditional dress of the Dutch settlers in America; see _{Knickerbocker}

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Example Sentences

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knickerbockers

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

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

He came only once, in white knickerbockers, and had a fight with a bum named Etty in the garden.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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