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knickers en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈnɪkəz/ (UK)
- /ˈnɪkɚz/ (US)
- nĭkʹərz (US)
Etymology
Clipping of knickerbockers.
Meanings
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(Ireland, UK, colloquial) A mild exclamation of annoyance.
Translations (1)
pl kurczę (a mild exclamation of annoyance)
knickers en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈnɪkəz/ (UK)
- /ˈnɪkɚz/ (US)
- nĭkʹərz (US)
Etymology
Clipping of knickerbockers.
Meanings
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(US, colloquial, plural, plural-only, rare) Knickerbockers.
He was a student at Notre Dame, a robust Joe-College kind of kid, husky and tall and always dressed in plus-four knickers.
1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Them First Kicks are a Killer”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 77:Students in the University were not permitted to keep cars, and the men – hatless, in knickers and bright pull-overs – looked down upon the town boys who wore hats cupped rigidly upon pomaded heads […].
1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 29:
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only) Women's underpants.
The debate here is not over whether raising £26,000 (and counting) for our troops is a wonderful thing – it unarguably is – but over whether, whenever times are tough and money must be found, our default reaction as women should be to take off our knickers to help out?
2010 April 24, Sali Hughes, “Calendar girls galore”, in The Guardian:
Forms
Deriveds
unknickered · camiknickers · knickered · keep one's knickers on · get one's knickers in a twist · beknickered · French knickers · all fur and no knickers · witches' knickers · knickerless · get one's knickers in a knot · all fur coat and no knickers · gym knickers
Translations (11)
pt calcinha (woman's panties — see also panties) · kea volvu (woman's panties — see also panties) · hi चड्डी (woman's panties — see also panties) · hi जांघिया (woman's panties — see also panties) · cs kalhotky (woman's panties — see also panties) · hi कच्छा (woman's panties — see also panties) · hi कच्छ (woman's panties — see also panties) · hi जाँघिया (woman's panties — see also panties) · sv underbyxor (woman's panties — see also panties) · hi निकर (woman's panties — see also panties) · pl figi (woman's panties — see also panties)