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Knickerbockers vs Knickerbocker - What's the difference?

knickerbockers | knickerbocker |

In archaic|_|or|_|historical|lang=en terms the difference between knickerbockers and knickerbocker

is that knickerbockers is ; new yorkers, particularly descendants of its original dutch settlers while knickerbocker is a new yorker, particularly a scion of its old dutch families.

In basketball|uncommon|lang=en terms the difference between knickerbockers and knickerbocker

is that knickerbockers is (basketball|uncommon) the formal name of the new york knicks, a team in the national basketball association while knickerbocker is (basketball|uncommon) a player for the new york knicks.

In baseball|historical|lang=en terms the difference between knickerbockers and knickerbocker

is that knickerbockers is (baseball|historical) a short-lived 19th-century baseball team in new york while knickerbocker is (baseball|historical) a player for the new york knickerbockers.

As nouns the difference between knickerbockers and knickerbocker

is that knickerbockers is ; new yorkers, particularly descendants of its original dutch settlers while knickerbocker is a new yorker, particularly a scion of its old dutch families.

knickerbockers

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • Men's or boys' baggy knee trousers, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.

    • Derived terms

    * knickerbocker * (UK) knickers

    knickerbocker

    English

    Noun

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  • (archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers.
  • * 1892 , The Twentieth Century
    • ...with a rudimentary beard to set it off, a dirty shirt, a rifle, a coat over my arm, and half a grouse in my knickerbocker pocket.
  • * 1905 , Daniel Leavens Cady, Stray Breaths of North East Song
    • His knickerbocker days are gone,
    His last long stockings laid away:
    My baby has his trousers on, —
    My boy becomes a man to-day.
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