1) knickers. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...Always used as a plural, knickers are loose trousers fastened at and ending just below the knee. The word is a clipped version of knickerbockers (which is a synonym...
2) slacks, knickers, pants, trousers. The Columbia Guide to Standard American
English. 1993
...clothing salesmen: This is a fine trouser. We sell that slack in several fabrics. See also KNICKERS; PANTIES; PANTS; PLUS FOURS. 1...
3) knickers. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Long bloomers formerly worn as underwear by women and girls. b. Chiefly British Panties. 2. Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee. Short for knickerbockers....
4) plus fours. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...are golfer s knickers, cut four inches longer than ordinary knickers so that they blouse more fully. Modish in the 1920s and 1930s, they are having a modest revival...
5) plus fours. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Loose knickers bagging below the knees, worn formerly for sports. From the fact that they were four inches longer than ordinary knickers....
6) 34259. Larkin, Philip. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:34259 QUOTATION:All boyhood's treasure-trove a hortus siccusOf tits and knickers,Baited his unused sex like tsetse flies,Till, maddened, it charged out without...
7) 39748. Miller, Jonathan. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:39748 QUOTATION:Attitudes to museums have changed. If it had Marilyn Monroe's knickers or Laurence Olivier's jockstrap they would flock to it. ATTRIBUTION:Jonathan...
8) Knickerbocker. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...of New York. 2. knickerbockers Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee; knickers. After Diedrich Knickerbocker, fictitious author of History of New...
9) 19346. Elkind, David. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...do, to imitate adult actions. It is hard to walk like an adult male wearing corduroy knickers that make an awful noise. But boys in long pants can walk like men,...
10) 225. Investment. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...[archaic]; pants [colloq.]; shintiyan; shorts; tights, drawers; knickerbockers, knickers [colloq.]. HEADDRESS, headgear, coiffure [F.], head, headcloths, chignon...
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