knickerbockers
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knickerbockers¹
- /ˈnɪkəbɒkəz/ UK
- /ˈnɪkɚbɑkɚz/ US
Where it comes from
From Knickerbocker + -s, after the short breeches worn by Diedrich Knickerbocker in George Cruikshank's illustrations of Washington Irving's 1809 A History of New York.
noun knickerbocker
- Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century. Five men and a woman, two young girls,[…], and a boy […] are at the machines sewing knickerbockers, “knee-pants” in the Ludlow Street dialect.
Knickerbockers²
Where it comes from
See Knickerbocker.
noun
- plural of Knickerbocker; New Yorkers, particularly descendants of its original Dutch settlers
- The formal name of the New York Knicks, a team in the National Basketball Association
- A short-lived 19th-century baseball team in New York
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noun knickerbockers
| Español | bombacho, bombachos |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ニッカーボッカー nikkābokkā, ニッカボッカ nikkabokka, ニッカーズボン nikkā-zubon, ニッカズボン nikka-zubon |
| 中文 | 燈籠褲 /灯笼裤 dēnglongkù |
| हिन्दी | निकर nikar, जाँघिया jāṅghiyā, जांघिया jāṅghiyā |
| Français | knickerbockers, knickers |
| Deutsch | Knickerbocker |
| Italiano | pantaloni alla zuava, calzoni alla zuava |
| Русский | бри́джи brídži |
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title = {knickerbockers},
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