Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈnɪkəz/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈnɪkɚz/
Pronunciation notes
- US
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ˈnɪkəz
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Noun
Knickerbockers.
Usage- US usage
- Colloquial
- plural
- Plural only
- Rare
- Examples
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More examples (1)
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 […].
He was a student at Notre Dame, a robust Joe-College kind of kid, husky and tall and always dressed in plus-four knickers.
Women's underpants.
Usage- Commonwealth usage
- Ireland
- UK usage
- plural
- Plural only
- Examples
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More examples (1)
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?
Interjection
A mild exclamation of annoyance.
Usage- Ireland
- UK usage
- Colloquial
Noun
(used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee
- Broader terms
(used in the plural) underpants worn by women
- Broader terms
- Examples
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she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing