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knickers Definition

knick·ers (nik′ərz)

  1. knickerbockers
    1. Chiefly Brit. a bloomerlike undergarment worn by women or girls
    2. Brit. panties

Etymology: contr. < Knickerbocker

knickers Synonyms

knickers

pl.n.

knickerbockers, knee breeches, trousers, shorts; see clothes, pants 1.

knickers Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • wear: Donald Duck doesn't wear knickers Why is the sentence " The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog?
  • buy: Heads would turn right round as we walked down the street or as we bought knickers or sandwiches in M&S.
  • get: She also thinks " I've got no knickers on " is an attractive chat-up line.
  • have: You can look like a million dollars but if you have the wrong knickers on you will look more like a buck fifty.

Adjective modifier

  • frilly: You know, a secret lava of frilly silk knickers under the severe, forbidding exterior.
  • pink: Ebay auction closes; a pair of pink knickers autographed by Billy Boyd, all proceeds to go to Jack Boyd's Baby Grove.
  • French: Today they were talking about French knickers and where to buy them I don't even know what French knickers are!
  • big: Most are wearing big plastic knickers outside their tights.
  • blue: The jokes over blue knickers, white spots on plimsols and school birthdays have been flowing ever since.
  • red: A beaming Thomson appears behind a clothes line upon which a pair of red knickers are pegged.

Modifies a noun

  • set: Many brides still opt for a high quality bra and knickers set.

Noun used with modifier

  • lady: Inspirations include Gustav Dore, Egon Schiele, bottoms and people who make, wear or appreciate ladies knickers.
  • silk: You know, a secret lava of frilly silk knickers under the severe, forbidding exterior.
  • French: These can be worn as sexy hot pants or frilly french knickers.
  • paper: Wearing paper knickers, an operating robe and now a pair of tights!
  • navy: You used to have to do PE in these combinations at school with navy knickers.

Possessives

  • woman: Scary spider poster October 24th 2005, 12:33 A poster that shows a spider crawling into or out of a woman's knickers.

Preposition: in

  • twist: I know exactly why people got their knickers in a twist Well yes.
  • packaging: A very rare set of unworn 60's babydoll top and knickers in the original polythene bag packaging.
  • knot: It's not worth getting your personal knickers in a knot over.
knickers Quotes

   It's no go the merrygoround, it's no go the rickshaw, All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow. Their knickers are made of cre"  pe-de-chine, their shoes are made of python, Their halls are lined with tiger rugs and their walls with the heads of bison.

—MacNeice, (Frederick) Louis

She sounded likethe bookof Revelations read out overa railway station public-address system bya headmistress of a certain age wearing calico knickers.

—James, CliveVivian Leopold