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knickerbockers
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plural noun
- baggy breeches fastened with a band at the knee or above the ankle Also called (US)knickers
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knickerbockers1
C19: regarded as the traditional dress of the Dutch settlers in America; see Knickerbocker
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Example Sentences
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And she paired empire-waist tunic dresses encrusted with blooms with matching encrusted knickerbockers — like leggings, the couture version.
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Wearing knickerbockers tucked into her knee-high socks, Kuhn raised an arm to signal her presence, stepped into the ice chute and waited for her cue.
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Suits included boyish shorts or knickerbockers more often than a trouser.
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Neither of them enjoyed it and they left, in his recollection, after 10 minutes to head for a nearby coffee house, she in a Dirndl dress and he in knickerbockers.
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In the mountains, my father wore knickerbockers and an Alpine hat with a feather.
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