Word info

knickerbocker

Noun

Meaning

(archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers.

A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women's dresses.

(archaic or historical) A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families

(basketball, uncommon) A player for the New York Knicks

(baseball, historical) A player for the New York Knickerbockers

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

In that wonderful musical show Knickerbocker Holiday Maxwell Anderson defined the outstanding characteristics of an American as "one who refuses to take orders!" I think that I qualified for that, my chosen nationality, at an early age. Walter Slezak

Aleks Le plays Anos Voldigoad, Brianna Knickerbocker plays Misha Necron, and Kayli Mills is Sasha Necron. Source: Internet

As part of the ruse, Irving placed a notice—allegedly from the hotel's proprietor—informing readers that if Mr. Knickerbocker failed to return to the hotel to pay his bill, he would publish a manuscript Knickerbocker had left behind. Source: Internet

Reynolds, J.N., "Mocha Dick: or the White Whale of the Pacific: A Leaf from a Manuscript Journal", The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine. 13.5, May 1839, pp. 377–392. Source: Internet

In 1855, he produced Wolfert's Roost, a collection of stories and essays he had originally written for The Knickerbocker and other publications, Williams, 2:208–209. Source: Internet

One of his battles with a whaler served as subject for an article by explorer Jeremiah N. Reynolds in the May 1839 issue of The Knickerbocker or New-York Monthly Magazine. Source: Internet

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