knickerbockers

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see also: Knickerbockers

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Noun

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

Translations

• French: knickerbockers, knickers
• German: Knickerbocker
• Italian: pantaloni alla zuava
• Russian: бри́джи

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Knickerbockers

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Noun

1. (archaic or historical) plural form of Knickerbocker; New Yorkers, particularly descendants of its original Dutch settlers
2. (basketball, uncommon) The formal name of the New York Knicks, a team in the National Basketball Association
3. (baseball, historical) A short-lived 19th-century baseball team in New York

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