knickerbockern.

Brit.

/ˈnɪkəˌbɒkə/, U.S.

/ˈnɪkərˌbɑkər/

Forms: Also 1800s nicker-.

Etymology: < the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, the pretended author of Washington Irving's History of New York.

I. (With capital initial). Senses relating to people.

1. A descendant of the original Dutch settlers of the New Netherlands in America, hence, a New Yorker.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin

American1648

African1700

High Dutch1773

Low Dutch1773

German-American1775

African American1782

Anglo-American1785

Irish-American1786

Africo-American1788

American African1826

Pennsylvania German1827

Pennsylvania Dutch1831

Afro-American1833

far-downer1834

Mexicano1847

knickerbocker1848

Chinese-American1854

Italian–American1873

Polish-American1876

Polacker1883

roundhead1895

hunk1896

Polack1898

Senegambian1900

bohunk1903

honky1904

hunyak1911

Turk1914

boho1920

Anglo1923

Euro-American1925

turkey1932

narrowback1933

nisei1934

roundheader1934

pachuco1943

pocho1944

Latino1946

Chicano1947

Mexican-American1948

Asian American1952

Amerasian1957

Chicana1966

Afrikan1972

Hispanic1972

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > New York

New Yorker1738

Yorker1776

knickerbocker1848

1809 W. Irving (title) History of New York…By Diedrich Knickerbocker.]

1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) p. xiv When I find New-Yorkers of Dutch descent priding themselves upon being ‘genuine Knickerbockers’ [etc.].

1876 S. Osgood in D. J. Hill Bryant (1879) 158 We can all join,..whether native or foreign-born, Knickerbockers, or New-Englanders.

2. attributive or as adj. Of or pertaining to the Knickerbockers of New York.

ΚΠ

1856 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 1 Jan. in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. xii. 303 The dreadful Knickerbocker custom of calling on everybody.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Jan. 10/1 A descendant of one of the Knickerbocker families.

II. Senses relating to clothing.

a. (with lower-case initial). plural. 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 n. at Compounds 1. (Rarely in singular.) Cf. knickers n. 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > knickerbockers

knickerbocker1859

trouserettes1875

plus fours1920

plus twos1928

1859 Ld. 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.

1859 Kingsley in Life (1878) II. 90 The puffed trunk-hose..in the country, where they were ill made, became slops, i.e. knickerbockers.

1860 W. M. Thackeray De Juventute in Roundabout Papers 71 Children in short frocks and knickerbockers.

1862 Mrs. H. Freshfield Tour Grisons i. 3 Mountain solitudes..undisturbed by visions of crinoline and knickerbockers.

1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 202 In cases not few the knickerbocker has of late been more familiar than the buckskin.

1962 Times 14 Apr. 9/4 Plus-fours, or knickerbockers, as the Americans prefer to call them.

1967 Daily 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.

1969 J. Laver Concise Hist. Costume ix. 251 The new baggy knickerbockers were known as ‘plus-fours’.

attributive.1861 Times 12 July One knickerbocker company, wearing the same uniform as the London Scottish.1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. 236 A little knickerbocker boy, with floating rich dark ringlets.1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 June 4/2 The assumption that the knickerbocker ladies [cyclists] were doing something confessedly unseemly.1897 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 2/1 A talent..quite ignored in knickerbocker days.

b. = knickers n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for women (and children)

knickerbocker1872

trouserettes1874

knickers1882

trolly1891

knicks1895

panties1904

skirt-knicker1908

Directoire knickers1911

panties1922

step-in1922

French knickers1925

scanty1928

passion-killer1943

parapants1944

tap pants1977

1872 Young Englishwoman Oct. 554/2 Lady's longcloth knickerbockers. These drawers fasten behind.

1887 Lady'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.

1895 Home Chat 20 Apr. 176 We spoke of satin knickerbockers in connection with this trousseau.

1913 B. 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.

1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 234 (caption) Muslin knickerbockers—girl's 6 to 8—buttoned at sides—pleated cambric frill.

Compounds

C1.

knickerbocker suit n. (see sense 3a).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > knickerbocker suit

knickerbocker suit1868

plus fours1920

1868 C. L. Eastlake Hints Househ. Taste xi. 264 The knickerbocker suit..has been adopted for wear in many country gentlemen's houses.

1879 C. M. Yonge Burnt Out iii. 52 A knickerbocker suit, just Charlie's size, had been turned over to his cousin Ada.

knickerbocker yarn n. a yarn flecked with different colours.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > coloured or patterned

random1874

mélange1886

marl1892

knickerbocker yarn1911

knicker yarn1929

1911 Encycl. 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.

1914 A. F. Barker & E. Midgley Anal. Woven Fabrics 271 Knickerbocker Goods.—A fabric in part or entirely made from knickerbocker yarns. Knickerbocker Yarns.—Yarns which are spotted or striped, often in several colours.

1932 E. Midgley Techn. 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.

C2.

Knickerbocker Glory n. a quantity of ice cream served with other ingredients in a tall glass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > ice-cream dishes

plombière1818

Alaska1882

parfait1884

taster1891

sundae1892

pêche Melba1902

black and white1903

peach Melba1906

banana split1920

split1920

cassata1927

spumoni1929

Knickerbocker Glory1936

Melba1953

coupe1969

semifreddo1973

affogato1992

1936 G. 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.

1941 M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah xvi. 256 ‘Lyons' Corner House,’ capped Caroline, envisaging the increasing possibilities of Knickerbocker Glories.

1963 Times 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.

1973 Times 20 Oct. 12/7 At five in the morning it must have had all the charm of a pre-breakfast Knickerbocker Glory.

Derivatives

ˈknickerbockered adj. /-əd/ wearing knickerbockers.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing trousers > wearing breeches > types of

slopped1601

trunk-hoseda1625

puff-bagged1653

leathered1837

galligaskined1854

knickerbockered1869

knickered1897

trunked1904

plus-foured1925

1869 Echo 28 Sept. The tall, knickerbockered Q.C. from Dublin.

1897 Outing 30 462/2 A knickerbockered, travel-stained, dusty-shoed guest.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	knickerbocker
释义	knickerbockern. Brit. /ˈnɪkəˌbɒkə/, U.S. /ˈnɪkərˌbɑkər/ Forms: Also 1800s nicker-. Etymology: < the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, the pretended author of Washington Irving's History of New York. I. (With capital initial). Senses relating to people. 1. A descendant of the original Dutch settlers of the New Netherlands in America, hence, a New Yorker. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin American1648 African1700 High Dutch1773 Low Dutch1773 German-American1775 African American1782 Anglo-American1785 Irish-American1786 Africo-American1788 American African1826 Pennsylvania German1827 Pennsylvania Dutch1831 Afro-American1833 far-downer1834 Mexicano1847 knickerbocker1848 Chinese-American1854 Italian–American1873 Polish-American1876 Polacker1883 roundhead1895 hunk1896 Polack1898 Senegambian1900 bohunk1903 honky1904 hunyak1911 Turk1914 boho1920 Anglo1923 Euro-American1925 turkey1932 narrowback1933 nisei1934 roundheader1934 pachuco1943 pocho1944 Latino1946 Chicano1947 Mexican-American1948 Asian American1952 Amerasian1957 Chicana1966 Afrikan1972 Hispanic1972 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > New York New Yorker1738 Yorker1776 knickerbocker1848 1809 W. Irving (title) History of New York…By Diedrich Knickerbocker.] 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) p. xiv When I find New-Yorkers of Dutch descent priding themselves upon being ‘genuine Knickerbockers’ [etc.]. 1876 S. Osgood in D. J. Hill Bryant (1879) 158 We can all join,..whether native or foreign-born, Knickerbockers, or New-Englanders. 2. attributive or as adj. Of or pertaining to the Knickerbockers of New York. ΚΠ 1856 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 1 Jan. in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. xii. 303 The dreadful Knickerbocker custom of calling on everybody. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Jan. 10/1 A descendant of one of the Knickerbocker families. II. Senses relating to clothing. 3. a. (with lower-case initial). plural. 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 n. at Compounds 1. (Rarely in singular.) Cf. knickers n. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > knickerbockers knickerbocker1859 trouserettes1875 plus fours1920 plus twos1928 1859 Ld. 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. 1859 Kingsley in Life (1878) II. 90 The puffed trunk-hose..in the country, where they were ill made, became slops, i.e. knickerbockers. 1860 W. M. Thackeray De Juventute in Roundabout Papers 71 Children in short frocks and knickerbockers. 1862 Mrs. H. Freshfield Tour Grisons i. 3 Mountain solitudes..undisturbed by visions of crinoline and knickerbockers. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 202 In cases not few the knickerbocker has of late been more familiar than the buckskin. 1962 Times 14 Apr. 9/4 Plus-fours, or knickerbockers, as the Americans prefer to call them. 1967 Daily 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. 1969 J. Laver Concise Hist. Costume ix. 251 The new baggy knickerbockers were known as ‘plus-fours’. attributive.1861 Times 12 July One knickerbocker company, wearing the same uniform as the London Scottish.1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. 236 A little knickerbocker boy, with floating rich dark ringlets.1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 June 4/2 The assumption that the knickerbocker ladies [cyclists] were doing something confessedly unseemly.1897 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 2/1 A talent..quite ignored in knickerbocker days. b. = knickers n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for women (and children) knickerbocker1872 trouserettes1874 knickers1882 trolly1891 knicks1895 panties1904 skirt-knicker1908 Directoire knickers1911 panties1922 step-in1922 French knickers1925 scanty1928 passion-killer1943 parapants1944 tap pants1977 1872 Young Englishwoman Oct. 554/2 Lady's longcloth knickerbockers. These drawers fasten behind. 1887 Lady'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. 1895 Home Chat 20 Apr. 176 We spoke of satin knickerbockers in connection with this trousseau. 1913 B. 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. 1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 234 (caption) Muslin knickerbockers—girl's 6 to 8—buttoned at sides—pleated cambric frill. Compounds C1. knickerbocker suit n. (see sense 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > knickerbocker suit knickerbocker suit1868 plus fours1920 1868 C. L. Eastlake Hints Househ. Taste xi. 264 The knickerbocker suit..has been adopted for wear in many country gentlemen's houses. 1879 C. M. Yonge Burnt Out iii. 52 A knickerbocker suit, just Charlie's size, had been turned over to his cousin Ada. knickerbocker yarn n. a yarn flecked with different colours. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > coloured or patterned random1874 mélange1886 marl1892 knickerbocker yarn1911 knicker yarn1929 1911 Encycl. 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. 1914 A. F. Barker & E. Midgley Anal. Woven Fabrics 271 Knickerbocker Goods.—A fabric in part or entirely made from knickerbocker yarns. Knickerbocker Yarns.—Yarns which are spotted or striped, often in several colours. 1932 E. Midgley Techn. 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. C2. Knickerbocker Glory n. a quantity of ice cream served with other ingredients in a tall glass. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > ice-cream dishes plombière1818 Alaska1882 parfait1884 taster1891 sundae1892 pêche Melba1902 black and white1903 peach Melba1906 banana split1920 split1920 cassata1927 spumoni1929 Knickerbocker Glory1936 Melba1953 coupe1969 semifreddo1973 affogato1992 1936 G. 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. 1941 M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah xvi. 256 ‘Lyons' Corner House,’ capped Caroline, envisaging the increasing possibilities of Knickerbocker Glories. 1963 Times 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. 1973 Times 20 Oct. 12/7 At five in the morning it must have had all the charm of a pre-breakfast Knickerbocker Glory. Derivatives ˈknickerbockered adj. /-əd/ wearing knickerbockers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing trousers > wearing breeches > types of slopped1601 trunk-hoseda1625 puff-bagged1653 leathered1837 galligaskined1854 knickerbockered1869 knickered1897 trunked1904 plus-foured1925 1869 Echo 28 Sept. The tall, knickerbockered Q.C. from Dublin. 1897 Outing 30 462/2 A knickerbockered, travel-stained, dusty-shoed guest. 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