Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
- noun A native or inhabitant of New York.
- noun Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee; knickers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A descendant of the Dutch settlers of New Netherlands.
- noun [lowercase] A stout fabric of wool and linen having a rough or knotted surface, used for women's dresses.
- noun [lowercase] plural Loosely fitting knee-breeches resembling those represented as worn by the Dutch in the seventeenth century; by extension, the whole dress of the lower limbs of which those knee-breeches form part, including the long stocking worn with them; also, the whole costume. Knickerbockers are worn by young boys, and also by sportsmen, by bicyclers, and sometimes by travelers.
- Pertaining to or regarded as characteristic of the original Dutch settlers in New York, or their descendants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.
- proper noun A descendent of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The site is called Knickerbocker, which is also the name of the consulting firm run by Josh Isay, who should be flattered.
Dickerbocker 2010
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The site is called Knickerbocker, which is also the name of the consulting firm run by Josh Isay, who should be flattered.
Dickerbocker 2010
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With its use of rum, liqueurs and syrup, Wondrich calls the Knickerbocker "the spiritual progenitor of the Tiki drink."
Cocktails That Complete Me: The Knickerbocker and Blinker Jason Wilson 2011
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Of Ridgewood Bushwick's three awards, the largest was for $470,806 to build an affordable housing complex called Knickerbocker Commons in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.
Troubled Charity Gets Funds Joseph De Avila 2011
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Streets called Knickerbocker and school bus drivers that think they're Schumacher on a qualifying lap at the Monaco GP...
Going by the Book: Signs from Above BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Rip Van Winkle, for example, is oft referred to as a Knickerbocker tale.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Ethics of Naming Sports Teams After Ethnic Groups: 2009
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Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street is likely to be known and referred to as the Knickerbocker Trust for a long time to come.
Fifth Avenue Arthur Bartlett Maurice 1909
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Philadelphia, had its important group of writers called the Knickerbocker
Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived William Joseph Long 1909
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Where the Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street cross stands the building popularly known as the Knickerbocker Trust Company.
Fifth Avenue Arthur Bartlett Maurice 1909
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The very word Knickerbocker is one evidence of the vitality of Irving's happy imaginings.
The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters Bliss Perry 1907
dailyword commented on the word Knickerbocker
There was an ice cream treat in the first Harry Potter book that had this name.
August 19, 2012