knickerbockers
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The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
breeches
knee breeches
knickers
knee pants
britches
pants
shorts
trousers
jeans
drawers
bloomers
baggy
chaps
pedal pushers
slacks
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I was perfectly satisfied with the West Side of Chicago when I was in knickerbockers. I hope it was with me.
Several other rules also brought the Knickerbockers' game close to the modern one, though a ball caught on the first bounce was, again, an out and only underhand pitching was allowed.