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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Of or relating to knickers. attributive, uncountable

   "knicker elastic, knicker drawer, knicker thief"

2. 2
   A kind of marble used in games, originally made of clay, baked hard and oiled. UK, US, dated, dialectal
3. 3
   knickerbockers uncountable

   "Country club men had reinstated the knicker, adding four inches in length […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

nicker

Example

More examples

"knicker elastic, knicker drawer, knicker thief"

Etymology

From Dutch knikker.

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