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Knickersisawordusedtorefertotwoverydifferentitemsofclothing.
Asanabbreviationforknickerbockers,knickersisatermformens’orboys’baggykneetrousers,ofatypeparticularlypopularintheearly20thcentury.Golfers’plustwosandplusfours,nowalsogenerallyathingofthepast,aretrousersofthistype.BeforeWorldWarII,skiiersoftenworeknickerbockerstoo.
ThetermcamefromthefictionalauthorofWashingtonIrving’sHistoryofNewYork,(published1809),DiedrichKnickerbocker,anold-fashionedDutchNewYorkerinIrving’ssatireofchattyandofficiouslocalhistory.Infact,WashingtonIrvinghadarealfriendnamedHermanKnickerbocker,whosenameheborrowed.AndtheupstateKnickerbockerclanhavealldescendedfromasingleimmigrantancestor,HarmenJansenvanWye,whoinventedthenameuponarrivinginNewAmsterdamandsignedadocumentwithavariantofitin1682.AfterIrving’sHistory,by1831,"Knickerbocker"hadbecomealocalbye-wordforquaintDutch-descendedNewYorkers,withtheirold-fashionedwaysandtheirlong-stemmedpipesandknee-breecheslongafterthefashionhadturnedtotrousers.Thusthe"NewYorkKnickerbockers"wereanamateursocialandathleticcluborganizedonManhattan’s(Lower)EastSidein1842,largelytoplay"baseball"accordingtowrittenrules;onJune19,1846theNewYorkKnickerbockersplayedthefirstgameof"baseball"organizedunderthoserules,inHoboken,NewJersey,andweretrounced23-1.
Thusthelocally-brewed"KnickerbockerBeer;"thusthegossipcolumnist"ChollyKnickerbocker;"thustheextremelyhigh-tonedKnickerbockerClubstillinaneo-GeorgianmansiononFifthAvenueat62ndStreet,whichwasfoundedin1871whensomemembersoftheUnionClubbecameconcernedthatadmissionpoliciesweren’tstrictenough;andthustheNewYorkKnickswhoarecovertlythe"NewYorkKnickerbockers."
InBritain,knickersisatermforpantiesorsimilarwomen’sundergarments:"Don’tgetyourknickersinatwist"(i.e."Don’tpanic,"or,inUSusage"don’tgetyourpantiesinawad.").GeorgeCruikshank,whoseillustrationsareclassiciconsforCharlesDickens’works,alsodidtheillustrationsforIrving’sdrollHistoryofNewYorkwhenitwaspublishedinLondon.Heshowedtheold-timeKnickerbockersintheirlooseDutchbreeches,andby1859,shortlooseladiesundergarments,akindofabbreviatedversionofpantaloons,wereknickersinEngland.AfterWorldWarI,verylooseladies’knickerswerecalled"taxitreats",whenthedriverwasaskedtotakethelongwayroundthePark.