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noun
Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
plural of Knickerbocker; New Yorkers, particularly descendants of its original Dutch settlers
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, form-of, historical, plural
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noun
The formal name of the New York Knicks, a team in the National Basketball Association
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A short-lived 19th-century baseball team in New York
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
trousers ending above the knee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickers
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trouser, pant
Narrower terms: britches, buckskins, plus fours, trunk hose
History
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.
See Knickerbocker.
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