Definition of knickerbockers Knickerbockers
/nɪˈkɚbɑˌkɚz/ - [nikerbakerz] - knick•er•bock•ers
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What does knickerbockers mean?
WordNet
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| knickerbockers - trousers ending above the knee | ||
| breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickers | ||
| trouser, pant a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers; "in his trouser's pocket"; "he ripped his left trouser on the fence" | ||
| plural, plural form the form of a word that is used to denote more than one | ||
| britches informal term for breeches | ||
| buckskins breeches made of buckskin | ||
| codpiece (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches | ||
| plus fours men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf) | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- knickerbockers (n. pl.)
The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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knickerbockers
nik-ėr-bok′ėrz, n.pl. loose breeches gathered in at the knee.—Also Knick′ers. [From the wide-breeched Dutchmen in 'Knickerbocker's' (Washington Irving's) humorous History of New York, whence Knickerbocker has come to mean the descendant of one of the original Dutch settlers of New York.]
