knickers Definition

knickerbockers
knickers
plural noun

1. Baggy trousers tied just below the knee or at the ankle.

Etymology: 19c: named after Diedrich Knickerbocker, the pseudonym of the author of Washington Irving's History of New York, 1809.

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knickers
plural noun

1. An undergarment with two separate legs or legholes. They are worn by women and girls, and cover part or all of the lower abdomen and buttocks and sometimes the thighs.

exclamation

1. colloq
A mild expression of exasperation, etc.

Idiom: get one's knickers in a twist

colloq
To be anxious or agitated; to panic.

Etymology: 19c: short form of knickerbockers.