knickerbocker
Syllabification: (knick·er·bock·er)
Pronunciation: /ˈnikərˌbäkər/
Definition of knickerbocker
noun
Origin:
mid 19th century (knickerbocker (sense 2)): named after Diedrich Knickerbocker, pretended author of W. Irving's History of New York (1809). knickerbocker (sense 1) is said to have arisen from the resemblance of knickerbockers to the breeches worn by Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations in Irving's book