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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
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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