Definitions for Knickerbockers
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickersnoun

   trousers ending above the knee

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knickerbockersnoun

   Men's or boys' baggy knee trousers, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.

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1. knickerbockers

   Knickerbockers are a form of men's or boys' baggy-kneed trousers particularly popular in the early 20th century United States. The trousers end just below the knee, leaving a gap between them and the long socks or stockings that they are usually worn with. They are also known as knickers in American English. The term is also used to refer to the residents of New York, stemming from the fictional character Diedrich Knickerbocker, created by Washington Irving.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knickerbockers

   the name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes

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1. Knickerbockers

   Knickerbockers are a form of men's or boys' baggy-kneed trousers particularly popular in the early twentieth century USA. Golfers' plus twos and plus fours were breeches of this type. Before World War II, skiers often wore knickerbockers too, usually ankle-length. Until after World War I, in many anglophone countries, boys customarily wore short pants in summer and knickerbockers or "knickers" in winter. At the onset of puberty, they graduated to long trousers. In that era, the transition to "long pants" was a major rite of passage. See, for example, the classic song Blues in the Night by Johnny Mercer: "My mammy done told me, when I was in knee-pants, my mammy done told me, son...". Baseball players wear a stylized form of knickerbockers, although the pants have become less baggy in recent decades and some modern ballplayers opt to pull the trousers close to the ankles. The white trousers worn by American football officials are knickerbockers, and while they have become less baggy, they are still worn ending shortly below the knee. In recent years, the NFL has equipped its officials with long trousers rather than knickers in cold weather.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knickerbockers

   nik-ėr-bok′ėrz, n.pl. loose breeches gathered in at the knee.—Also Knick′ers. [From the wide-breeched Dutchmen in 'Knickerbocker's' (Washington Irving's) humorous History of New York, whence Knickerbocker has come to mean the descendant of one of the original Dutch settlers of New York.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knickerbockers

   The people of the city of New York. When Washington Irving wrote his “History of New York” he assumed the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, in allusion to the wide breeches worn by the early settlers of the colony, then called by them New Amsterdam; hence the application of the term “Knickerbockers” to knee-breeches generally. New York is known as “The Knickerbocker City.”

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Knickerbockers in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Knickerbockers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Knickerbockers
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Knickerbockers
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Knickerbockers
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Knickerbockers
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Knickerbockers
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Knickerbockers