knickerbockers
2 synonyms for knickerbockers, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Loose trousers gathered just below the knee, worn by men and boys and especially fashionable in the early 1900s.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
From Knickerbocker + -s, after the short breeches worn by Diedrich Knickerbocker in George Cruikshank's illustrations of Washington Irving's 1809 A History of New York.
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