Knickerbockers
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnɪkəbɒkəz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Knickerbockers is a noun meaning Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.
Meaning
Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.
Example Sentences
Five men and a woman, two young girls,[…], and a boy […] are at the machines sewing knickerbockers, “knee-pants” in the Ludlow Street dialect.
And it was early morning, and the world was moist, when the crystal-gazer's husband, a freak in knickerbockers with an open coppish and a sabbath gamp, came over the stones outside his house to meet the holy travellers.
[…] and some gems that represent the tasseled garment that the leader wears show it in a distinctly religious connection. On a gem from Zakro it [the sistrum] is being being carried by a man who does not wear the loin-cloth, but a baggy kind of knickerbockers like the Moslem trousers of to-day.
Word Forms
- knickerbocker
Synonyms for knickerbockers
Depending on context, synonyms include breeches, knickers, knee breeches.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include breeches, knickers, knee breeches, knicker, smallclothes, knickerbocker.
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