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Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes; called also knickers.

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  • noun Men's or boys' baggy knee trousers, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun trousers ending above the knee

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Examples

  • The little boy in knickerbockers playing with a diabolo on page 103 is a perfect period piece.

    Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali 1944

  • He was an extremely picturesque gardener, dressed in knickerbockers and leather gaiters, with a touch of red in his waistcoat, and a cardigan jacket and a cap on the side of his head.

    Just Patty 1911

  • Across from Miss Hazel sat her brother in knickerbockers, his Alpine stock at his elbow and also his fan.

    Jerry Junior 1907

  • Old-fashioned long stockings with colorful stripes were called knickerbockers, and that’s how this parfait got its name.

    The Fussy Eaters’ Recipe Book Annabel Karmel 2007

  • Old-fashioned long stockings with colorful stripes were called knickerbockers, and that’s how this parfait got its name.

    The Fussy Eaters’ Recipe Book Annabel Karmel 2007

  • A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and

    The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

  • However, many women now affect "knickerbockers" and vice versa.

    Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises Donald Ogden Stewart 1937

  • However, many women now affect "knickerbockers" and vice versa.

    Perfect Behavior 1922

  • Stripped of all apologetic circumlocution, "knickerbockers" are simply loose, easy trousers, above which is worn a becoming blouse waist, and thus attired, the belles of New

    The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 Various 1888

  • Emil had come to the lake directly from university, wearing a pair of plus-four knickerbockers with boots and a belted, one-button coat with large patch pockets.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

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