knickerbocker

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Knick=er=bock=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

knickerbocker, n. 

 A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

knickerbocker, prop. n. [From Diedrich KNickerbocker, the fictional author of The History of New York, in fact written by Washington Irving.].

 A descendent of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

knickerbocker, n.
1 (in pl.) loose-fitting breeches gathered at the knee or calf.
2 (Knickerbocker) a a New Yorker. b a descendant of the original Dutch settlers in New York.

Idiom

Knickerbocker Glory ice-cream served with other ingredients in a tall glass.

Etymology

Diedrich Knickerbocker, pretended author of W. Irving's History of New York (1809)