knickerbockers
/ (ˈnɪkəˌbɒkəz) /
baggy breeches fastened with a band at the knee or above the ankle: Also called (US): knickers
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How to use knickerbockers in a sentence
Divorcees, Jews, and new money were excluded from the knickerbockers.
The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed Britain | Tim Teeman | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn iron self-control had been the first thing he had taught Jack—years before, when he was in his first knickerbockers.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton MerrimanI was struck by the bishop's dress, for it was the first time I had seen the black knickerbockers and the three-cornered chapeau.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands | George Francis TrainThey wear dust-colored shirts and dingy knickerbockers, fastened under the knee, and heavy boots.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanAnd Jerry asleep, with the ruffle still pinned to his wet shirt and a big hole torn in the knee of his knickerbockers.
Us and the Bottleman | Edith Ballinger Price
They wear dust-coloured shirts and dingy knickerbockers, fastened under the knee, and heavy boots.
Letters from America | Rupert Brooke
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