Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
- noun A native or inhabitant of New York.
- noun Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee; knickers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A descendant of the Dutch settlers of New Netherlands.
- noun [lowercase] A stout fabric of wool and linen having a rough or knotted surface, used for women's dresses.
- noun [lowercase] plural Loosely fitting knee-breeches resembling those represented as worn by the Dutch in the seventeenth century; by extension, the whole dress of the lower limbs of which those knee-breeches form part, including the long stocking worn with them; also, the whole costume. Knickerbockers are worn by young boys, and also by sportsmen, by bicyclers, and sometimes by travelers.
- Pertaining to or regarded as characteristic of the original Dutch settlers in New York, or their descendants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.
- proper noun A descendent of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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The site is called Knickerbocker, which is also the name of the consulting firm run by Josh Isay, who should be flattered.
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The site is called Knickerbocker, which is also the name of the consulting firm run by Josh Isay, who should be flattered.
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With its use of rum, liqueurs and syrup, Wondrich calls the Knickerbocker "the spiritual progenitor of the Tiki drink."
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Of Ridgewood Bushwick's three awards, the largest was for $470,806 to build an affordable housing complex called Knickerbocker Commons in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.
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Streets called Knickerbocker and school bus drivers that think they're Schumacher on a qualifying lap at the Monaco GP...
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Rip Van Winkle, for example, is oft referred to as a Knickerbocker tale.
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Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street is likely to be known and referred to as the Knickerbocker Trust for a long time to come.
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Philadelphia, had its important group of writers called the Knickerbocker
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Where the Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street cross stands the building popularly known as the Knickerbocker Trust Company.
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The very word Knickerbocker is one evidence of the vitality of Irving's happy imaginings.
The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters
dailyword commented on the word Knickerbocker
There was an ice cream treat in the first Harry Potter book that had this name.
August 19, 2012