What does knickerbockered mean?
Knickerbockered means Dressed in knickerbockers..
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Dressed in knickerbockers..
I stood for a moment struck by the grotesque effect of his soaring figure—his dirty cricket cap, and spiky hair, his little round body, his arms and his knickerbockered legs tucked up tightly—against the weird spaciousness of the lunar scene.
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Knickerbockered means Dressed in knickerbockers..
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I stood for a moment struck by the grotesque effect of his soaring figure—his dirty cricket cap, and spiky hair, his little round body, his arms and his knickerbockered legs tucked up tightly—against the weird spaciousness of the lunar scene.
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