Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - knickers
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Note: The form 'knicker' is used as a modifier. 1. Knickers are a piece of underwear worn by women and girls which have holes for the legs and elastic around the waist to hold them up. (BRIT; in AM, use panties) She bought Ann two bras and six pairs of knickers. N-PLURAL: also a pair of N 2. If someone is getting their knickers in a twist about something, they are getting annoyed or upset about it without good reason. (BRIT HUMOROUS, INFORMAL) PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun plural Etymology: short for knickerbockers Date: 1881 1. loose-fitting short pants gathered at the knee 2. chiefly British underpants ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n.pl. 1 Brit. a woman's or girl's undergarment covering the body from the waist or hips to the top of the thighs and having leg-holes or separate legs. 2 esp. US a knickerbockers. b a boy's short trousers. 3 (as int.) Brit. sl. an expression of contempt. Etymology: abbr. of KNICKERBOCKER ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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бриджи Короткие штаны до колен. Тж. knickerbockers См. тж. Diedrich Knickerbocker, Knickerbocker ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. разг. сокр. от knickerbockers бриджи, гольфы 2. трикотажные панталоны (с резинкой у колен) 3. тренировочные штаны 4. детские брючки ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1881, shortening of knickerbockers (1859), said to be so called for their resemblance to those of Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations from Washington Irving's "History of New York" (1809), published under the pen-name Diedrich Knickerbocker (borrowed from Irving's friend Herman Knickerbocker), which by 1831 was being popularly applied to anyone from New York, especially those of Dutch ancestry. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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