breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers
(noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee
Source: WordNet® 3.1
knickerbockers pl (plural only)
Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.
Knickerbockers
(archaic or historical) plural of Knickerbocker; New Yorkers, particularly descendants of its original Dutch settlers
(basketball, uncommon) The formal name of the New York Knicks, a team in the National Basketball Association
(baseball, historical) A short-lived 19th-century baseball team in New York
Source: Wiktionary
Knick"er*bock`ers, n. pl.
Definition: The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
Knick"er*bock`er, n.
Definition: A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
