■ noun
1》 ( ~s ) short loose-fitting trousers gathered in at or just below the knee.
2》 ( Knickerbocker ) informal a New Yorker.
Derivatives
~ed adjective
Origin
C19: named after Diedrich Knickerbocker , pretended author of W. Irving's History of New York (1809); sense 1 is said to be from the knee breeches worn by Dutch settlers in Irving's book.