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Knickered vs Nickered - What's the difference?

knickered | nickered |

As an adjective knickered

is (obsolete) wearing knickerbockers.

As a verb nickered is

(nicker).

knickered

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (obsolete) Wearing knickerbockers.
  • (British) Wearing knickers; pantied.

    • nickered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nicker)

    • nicker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (nicker)
  • (British, slang) Pound sterling.
    • This coat cost me 50 nicker .
    Synonyms
    * (pound sterling) pound (standard), pound sterling (standard), quid (slang), sov (slang)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
    • Synonyms
    * neigh * whinny

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.