bloomers, pants, drawers, knickers
(noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women; “she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing”
breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers
(noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee
Source: WordNet® 3.1
knickers pl (plural only)
(colloquial, now US, rare) Knickerbockers.
(UK, NZ) Women's underpants.
knickers
A mild exclamation of annoyance.
Source: Wiktionary
Knick"er, n. Etym: [D. knikker.]
Definition: A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 January 2025
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
