knickerbockers

See also: knickerbocker, Knickerbockers, and Knickerbocker

Boy in knickerbockers at work in cotton mill

English

Etymology

From the short breeches worn by Diedrich Knickerbocker in George Cruikshank's illustrations of Washington Irving's 1809 A History of New York.

Noun

knickerbockers pl (plural only)

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

Derived terms

knickerbocker
(Britain) knickers

Translations

knickerbockers

Chinese:
Mandarin: 燈籠褲 (zh), 灯笼裤 (zh) (dēnglongkù)
Finnish: polvihousut
French: knickerbockers (fr) m pl, knickers (fr) m pl

Georgian: ბრიჯი (ka) (briǯi)
German: Knickerbocker (de) m pl
Italian: pantaloni alla zuava m pl
Japanese: ニッカーボッカー (nikkābokkā)
Russian: бри́джи (ru) pl (brídži)

French

Alternative forms

knickerbocker

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(k)ni.kœʁ.bɔ.kœʁ/

Noun

knickerbockers m pl (plural only)

knickerbockers
Il est venu en knickerbockers.
He came in knickerbockers.

Usage notes

The singular form knickerbocker is just another spelling for the plural form which may refer to one or more pair of trousers.

Further reading

“knickerbockers” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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