knickerbockers

• “The little boy in knickerbockers playing with a diabolo on page 103 is a perfect period piece.”

  Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali

• “He was an extremely picturesque gardener, dressed in knickerbockers and leather gaiters, with a touch of red in his waistcoat, and a cardigan jacket and a cap on the side of his head.”

  Just Patty

• “Across from Miss Hazel sat her brother in knickerbockers, his Alpine stock at his elbow and also his fan.”

  Jerry Junior

• “Old-fashioned long stockings with colorful stripes were called knickerbockers, and that’s how this parfait got its name.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Fussy Eaters’ Recipe Book

• “A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and”

  The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras

• “However, many women now affect "knickerbockers" and vice versa.”

  Perfect Behavior

• “Stripped of all apologetic circumlocution, "knickerbockers" are simply loose, easy trousers, above which is worn a becoming blouse waist, and thus attired, the belles of New”

  The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891

• “Emil had come to the lake directly from university, wearing a pair of plus-four knickerbockers with boots and a belted, one-button coat with large patch pockets.”

  Simon & Schuster: Amaryllis in Blueberry

• “A middle ground was reached, though Americans continued to play coatless, with a pair of tweed knickerbockers, golf coat with pleats to allow movement, and a tweed cap.”

  A Day at the Links | Edwardian Promenade

• “Co-owner Chris Puttnam said the fabric makes for dapper clothes that aren't as precious as the knickerbockers that have had a resurgence lately among English cyclists.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Easy Riders

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