Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker
Definition
☆ Knick·er·bocker (nik′ər bäk′ər)
noun
- a descendant of the early Dutch settlers of New York
- any New Yorker
- short, loose trousers gathered in at or just below the knees, as those worn by Dutch settlers of New York; knickers
Etymology: after Diedrich Knickerbocker, fictitious Du author of Washington Irving's History of New York (1809)
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