Definition of Knickerbocker

1. n. A linsey- woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.

Definition of Knickerbocker

1. Noun. (obsolete used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knickerbocker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knickerbocker

knelling
knells
knelt
knessets
knevell
knevelled
knevells
knew
knew someone in the biblical sense
knewest
kneweth
knick-knack
knick-knacks
knick points
knicker
knickerbocker (current term)
knickerbocker glories
knickerbocker glory
knickerbockers
knickered
knickerless
knickerlessness
knickers
knickknack
knickknackatory
knickknackery
knickknacks
knicks
knife
knife-edge

Literary usage of Knickerbocker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Literary Messenger (1849)
"The following notices of the knickerbocker are from the American and English press, to which might be added hundreds of others. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"It is not shown that knickerbocker made a false answer to any inquiry put to him by the plaintiffs. It is contended for the plaintiffs that their assignment ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1892)
"THE knickerbocker PRESS BUILDING. THE knickerbocker PRESS. WE present herewith a_ view of the new home of the " knickerbocker ..."

4. Cuba, and the Cubans: Comprising a History of the Island of Cuba, Its by Richard Burleigh Kimball, Cristóbal F. Madan, José Antonio Saco (1850)
"The following notices of the knickerbocker are from the ... New York Commercial Advertiser, " THE knickerbocker seems to increase in attraction as it ..."

5. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1901)
"Two hundred and twenty yard run—Won by WG Edwards, knickerbocker AC ; PJ Walsh, NYAC. second; ... Running broad Jump—Won by HD McDonald, knickerbocker AC. ..."

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