knickerbockers

Meanings

Noun

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

Origin / Etymology

From Knickerbocker + -s, after the short breeches worn by Diedrich Knickerbocker in George Cruikshank's illustrations of Washington Irving's 1809 A History of New York.

Synonyms

breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickers

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