What does knickerbocker mean?
Knickerbocker means (archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers..
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(archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers..
...with a rudimentary beard to set it off, a dirty shirt, a rifle, a coat over my arm, and half a grouse in my knickerbocker pocket.
His knickerbocker days are gone, His last long stockings laid away: My baby has his trousers on, — My boy becomes a man to-day.
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Knickerbocker means (archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers..
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...with a rudimentary beard to set it off, a dirty shirt, a rifle, a coat over my arm, and half a grouse in my knickerbocker pocket.
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