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Knicks¹

Where it comes from

From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.

proper noun

  1. The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.

knicks²

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of knickers.

noun

  1. UK, colloquial, plural, plural only Knickers. “People never notice you when you are looking half- decent. During the sales I was in a communal changing room and was stripped down to my knicks — and not my best car accident knickers either — when a woman said, ‘Aren’t you that woman off the telly?’ and everyone stared.”
  2. plural, plural only Lycra pants (usually short) used by cyclists.

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Closest in meaning: nicks, knickerbockers, yankees, bronx bombers, blueshirt, niggerball, jints, yankee, athletics, hoop, national league, basketballdom, basketballese, hoops, banana boat, subway series

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"knicks." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/knicks. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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knicks. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/knicks

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"knicks." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/knicks.

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@misc{knicks_2026,
  title = {knicks},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knicks},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}