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knickers
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knick·ers  (nkrz)
pl.n.
1.
a. Long bloomers formerly worn as underwear by women and girls.
b. Chiefly British Panties.
2. Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee.

[Short for knickerbockers.]

knickers
Noun, pl
a woman's or girl's undergarment covering the lower trunk and having separate legs or leg-holes [contraction of knickerbockers]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.knickersknickers - trousers ending above the knee      
britches - informal term for breeches
buckskins - breeches made of buckskin
codpiece - (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
plus fours - men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf)
trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
trunk hose - puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
2.knickersknickers - underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing"
underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

knickers
Translations
knickers [ˈnɪkəz] npl (BRIT) → bragas fpl; calzones mpl (LAM)

knickers [ˈnɪkəz] npl (Brit) → culotte f (de femme)

knickers [ˈnɪkəz] (Brit) nplSchlüpfer m

knickers [ˈnɪkəz] npl (BRIT) → mutandine fpl

knickers
n pl knickers [ˈnikəz]
women's and girls' pants, especially if loose-fitting and gathered in at the thigh. broek, vrouebroek بَنْطَلون قَصير نِسائي кюлоти kalhotky underbukser der Schlüpfer κιλότα bragas püksikud, (naiste) puhvpüksid زیر شلواری زنانه alushousut culotte, knickers אַברָקַיִים नीकर dugačke ženske gaće bez dugmeta bugyi celana tanggung nærbuxur kvenna mutandine, knickers ブルマー 블루머(bloomers) 비슷한 여성 속옷 kelnės (sieviešu) biksītes seluar dalam wanita slipje gammeldagse truser majtki calcinhas chiloţi de damă панталоны nohavičky ženske spodnjice ženski donji veš underbyxor กางเกงทรงหลวม ๆ ยาวแค่เข่า kadın külodu 燈籠褲 жіночі трусики زنانہ جانگھیا quần chẽn gối


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