Knickerbocker Definition
nĭkər-bŏkər
noun
A descendant of the early Dutch settlers of New York.
Webster's New World
Any New Yorker.
Webster's New World
Knickers, as those worn by Dutch settlers of New York.
Webster's New World
Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee; knickers.
American Heritage
1905, Daniel Leavens Cady, Stray Breaths of North East Song.
His knickerbocker days are gone, / His last long stockings laid away: / My baby has his trousers on, — / My boy becomes a man to-day.
Wiktionary
Origin of Knickerbocker
After Diedrich Knickerbocker , fictitious author of History of New York by Washington Irving
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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