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knickerbocker|ˈnɪkəbɒkə(r)|
Also 9 nicker-.
[The name of the pretended author of Washington Irving's History of New York.]
I. (with capital initial).
1. A descendant of the original Dutch settlers of the New Netherlands in America, hence, a New Yorker.
[1809W. Irving (title) History of New York{ddd}By Diedrich Knickerbocker.] 1848Ibid. Author's Apol., When I find New Yorkers of Dutch descent priding themselves upon being ‘genuine Knickerbockers’ [etc.]. 1876S. Osgood in D. J. Hill Bryant (1879) 158 We can all join,..whether native or foreign-born, Knickerbockers, or New-Englanders.
2. attrib. or as adj. Of or pertaining to the Knickerbockers of New York.
1856Longfellow in Life (1891) II. 303 The dreadful Knickerbocker custom of calling on everybody. 1887Pall Mall G. 29 Jan. 10/1 A descendant of one of the Knickerbocker families.
II.
3. a. (with lower-case initial). pl. Loose-fitting breeches, gathered in at the knee, and worn by boys, sportsmen, and others who require a freer use of their limbs. The term has been loosely extended to the whole costume worn with these, = knickerbocker suit. (Rarely in sing.) Cf. knickers n. pl. 1
The name is said to have been given to them because of their resemblance to the knee-breeches of the Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations to W. Irving's History of New York.
1859Ld. Elcho in Times 23 May 12/3 The suggestion..is that volunteers should not wear trowsers, but I would recommend as a substitute what are commonly known as nickerbockers, i.e. long loose breeches generally worn without braces, and buckled or buttoned round the waist and knee. 1859Kingsley in Life (1878) II. 90 The puffed trunk-hose..in the country, where they were ill made, became slops, i.e. knickerbockers. 1860Thackeray Round. Papers, De Juventute 71 Children in short frocks and knickerbockers. 1862Mrs. H. Freshfield Tour Grisons i. 3 Mountain solitudes..undisturbed by visions of crinoline and knickerbockers. 1883E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leicestersh. 202 In cases not few the knickerbocker has of late been more familiar than the buckskin. 1962Times 14 Apr. 9/4 Plus-fours, or knickerbockers, as the Americans prefer to call them. 1967Daily Tel. 26 Aug. 7/2 Boots were all around Paris and so were tweed..knickerbockers as the logical successor to the now-almost-boring trouser suits. 1969J. Laver Concise Hist. Costume ix. 251 The new baggy knickerbockers were known as ‘plus-fours’.
attrib.1861Times 12 July, One knickerbocker company, wearing the same uniform as the London Scottish. 1864C. M. Yonge Trial II. 236 A little knickerbocker boy, with floating rich dark ringlets. 1894Pall Mall G. 15 June 4/2 The assumption that the knickerbocker ladies [cyclists] were doing something confessedly unseemly. 1897Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 2/1 A talent..quite ignored in knickerbocker days.
b. = knickers n. pl. 2.
1872Young Englishwoman Oct. 554/2 Lady's longcloth knickerbockers. These drawers fasten behind. 1887Lady's World Oct. 403 It [sc. a peasant's blouse] is girdled at the waist by a leather belt, and falls over the short woollen skirt, which just reaches the knees, where it meets the linen knickerbockers. 1895Home Chat 20 Apr. 176 We spoke of satin knickerbockers in connection with this trousseau. 1913B. L. Blackmore ABC of Cutting Garments 140 In girls' knickerbockers, the back band is sometimes buttoned to the front band, instead of the whole garment being attached to the under-bodice or to stays. 1969R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 234 (caption) Muslin knickerbockers—girl's 6 to 8—buttoned at sides—pleated cambric frill.
c. Comb. knickerbocker suit (see sense 3 a); knickerbocker yarn, a yarn flecked with different colours.
1868C. L. Eastlake Hints Household Taste xi. 264 The knickerbocker suit..has been adopted for wear in many country gentlemen's houses. 1879C. M. Yonge Burnt Out iii. 52 A knickerbocker suit, just Charlie's size, had been turned over to his cousin Ada. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 906/2 Flaked Yarn has cloudy appearance imparted to it..as in Knickerbocker Yarn, by dropping small quantities of dyed fibres into two..rovings at the spinning machine. 1932E. Midgley Technical Terms Textile Trade II. 81 True ‘knickerbocker’ yarn is obtained by flecking the spotting material during carding. 1950‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 303 Knickerbocker tweeds, rough-faced wool and cotton mixture dress goods made with nub yarns, in mixed colours. The yarn is known as knickerbocker yarn.
d. Knickerbocker Glory, a quantity of ice cream served with other ingredients in a tall glass.
1936G. Greene Gun for Sale i. 11 Have a parfait... They do a very good Maiden's Dream. Not to speak of Alpine Glow. Or the Knickerbocker Glory. 1941M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah xvi. 256 ‘Lyons' Corner House,’ capped Caroline, envisaging the increasing possibilities of Knickerbocker Glories. 1963Times 25 Feb. 11/4 Knickerbocker Glory oddly has become the name of a specially luscious mixture of ice-creams and the ‘plus fours’ deserved a similar grandeur of title. 1973Times 20 Oct. 12/7 At five in the morning it must have had all the charm of a pre-breakfast Knickerbocker Glory.
Hence ˈknickerbockered |-əd|, a., wearing knickerbockers.
1869Echo 28 Sept., The tall, knickerbockered Q.C. from Dublin. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 462/2 A knickerbockered, travel-stained, dusty-shoed guest. |