Knickerbockers (nonfiction)

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Knickerbockers or knickers are men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.

Etymology

From the short breeches worn by Diedrich Knickerbocker in George Cruikshank's illustrations of Washington Irving's 1809 A History of New York.

[1] @ Wiktionary

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