GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Knickerbocker, n. A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
         
       

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   Knickerbocker, [capitalized] prop. n. [From Diedrich KNickerbocker, the fictional author of  The History of New York, in fact written by Washington Irving.] A descendent of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; --  used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City.
   
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