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Knickers   /nˈɪkərz/   Listen
Knickers

noun
1.
Trousers ending above the knee.  Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers.
2.
Underpants worn by women.  Synonyms: bloomers, drawers, pants.






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"Knickers" Quotes from Famous Books



... over they failed to lie moribund, dauntless the heroes Stooped down to impossible putts for a half or a win, Stooped down in voluminous knickers and all sorts of queer hose And stuffed the ball in, Like American packers of pig-meat, hard home to the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 • Various

... doing, our new god Pan, Far from the reeds and the river? Spreading mischief and scattering ban, Screening 'neath "knickers" his shanks of a goat, And setting the wildest rumours afloat, To set the ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, Sep. 24, 1892 • Various

... road. Only Erik was there. He was dashing about with a rake, trying to make the court somewhat less like a plowed field. He admitted that he had stage fright at the thought of the coming horde. Willis and Mrs. Woodford arrived, Willis in home-made knickers and black sneakers through at the toe; then Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Dillon, people as harmless and grateful as ...
— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis



Words linked to "Knickers" :   breeches, buckskins, britches, pant, plural form, plus fours, trunk hose, trouser, underpants, plural, codpiece



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