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Knickers   Listen
noun
knickers  n. pl.  
1.
The name for a style of loose-fitting short trousers, gathered in and ending at the knees; smallclothes; called also knickerbockers.
Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers.
2.
Underpants, especially of women; panties. (British)
Synonyms: bloomers, pants, drawers.





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"Knickers" Quotes from Famous Books



... wears white Blouses, his knickers fit him tight, He has top boots of patent leather, And in his ...
— Little People: An Alphabet • T. W. H. Crosland
... Prince Ferdinand William Otto, clad in his riding-garments of tweed knickers, puttees, and a belted jacket, stood by the schoolroom window and looked out. The inner windows of his suite faced the courtyard, but the schoolroom opened over the Place—a bad arrangement surely, seeing what distractions ...
— Long Live the King • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... any notice of those rotters for?" said Stalky, playing substitute for the Old Boys, magnificent in black jersey, white knickers, and black stockings. "I talked to him up in the dormitory when he was changin'. Pulled his sweater down for him. He's cut about all over the arms—horrid purply ones. He's goin' to tell us about it to-night. I asked him to when I was lacin' ...
— Stalky & Co. • Rudyard Kipling


Words linked to "Knickers" :   breeches, plural, pants, underpants, knickerbockers, trunk hose, plural form, pant, plus fours, buckskins


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