Knickerbockered
adj
adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Dressed in knickerbockers. not-comparable
"I stood for a moment struck by the grotesque effect of his soaring figure—his dirty cricket cap, and spiky hair, his little round body, his arms and his knickerbockered legs tucked up tightly—against the weird spaciousness of the lunar scene."
Example
More examples"I stood for a moment struck by the grotesque effect of his soaring figure—his dirty cricket cap, and spiky hair, his little round body, his arms and his knickerbockered legs tucked up tightly—against the weird spaciousness of the lunar scene."
Etymology
From knickerbocker + -ed.
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