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Knickers   /nˈɪkərz/   Listen
noun
knickers  n. pl.  
1.
The name for a style of loose-fitting short trousers, gathered in and ending at the knees; smallclothes; called also knickerbockers.
Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers.
2.
Underpants, especially of women; panties. (British)
Synonyms: bloomers, pants, drawers.





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"Knickers" Quotes from Famous Books



... taught me to make it, Granny, and she said you would like me to have it; and I have worked you such a pretty linen cover for your prayer-book; Nancy is going to unpack it after tea. And doesn't Turly look sweet in his velvet knickers? The pockets of his other things are all gone in holes with marbles. And oh, Turly, only see what a lovely tea Granny is going to give us! Honey, jam, brown bread, hot tea-cakes! Turly is so fond of sweeties, you ...
— Terry - Or, She ought to have been a Boy • Rosa Mulholland
... yard. Jock Gilmour had been dashing water on the paved floor, and was now sweeping it out with a great whalebone besom. The hissing whalebone sent a splatter of dirty drops showering in front of it. John set his bare feet wide (he was only in his shirt and knickers) and eyed the man whom his father had "downed" with a kind of silent swagger. He felt superior. His pose was instinct with the feeling: "My father is your master, and ye daurna stand up till him." Children of masterful sires often display that attitude towards ...
— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown
... I have never been able to determine why Eastern people can't act natural in the West! For instance: Shy spinster schoolma'ams, the essence of modesty at home, catch the spirit of adventure and appear swaggering along in the snuggest of knickers. They would die of shame should their home-town minister or school president catch them in such apparel. Fat ladies invariably wear breeches—tight khaki breeches—and with them they wear georgette ...
— I Married a Ranger • Dama Margaret Smith
... leading Monny to the white camel which was hers and should have been Anthony's. She laughed—I suppose she couldn't help it. I couldn't myself, if it had been Harry Snell or Bill Bailey; but as it was, my pride of khaki helmet, knickers, and puttees collapsed like a burst balloon. I seemed to feel the calves of my legs wither. It was in this mood that I had to put Monny on that coastguard camel, while "Antoun" stood looking on. He ...
— It Happened in Egypt • C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson
... boy wears white Blouses, his knickers fit him tight, He has top boots of patent leather, And in his hat a ...
— Little People: An Alphabet • T. W. H. Crosland


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