knickerbocker
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- noun
- /ˈnɪkərˌbɑkər/
- Archaic
- As a lifelong knickerbocker, she knew all the best places to visit in the city that her family had called home for generations.
- Ms. Knickerbocker
- Diane Knickerbocker
- Brad Knickerbocker
Examples
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The festival celebrated the knickerbockers of New York City, recognizing their contributions to the city's rich history and culture.
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"All cash and securities are to be handled "by the Knickerbocker Trust Company.
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After a while, you always waited for the Knickerbocker News because it would have the late sports scores.
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Will you kindly tell Miss Dennis that Mr. Babcock of the Knickerbocker Bank is here?
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In 1898, he had resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and recruited the Rough Riders from the membership of his Knickerbocker Club.
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Furthermore, the Knickerbockers are 3-0 for the first time since the 1999-2000 season, and for the first time seem to have an identity behind head coach Mike Woodson.
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In 1848, The Knickerbocker magazine of New York ran an article called "Historical Sketches of Georgia" with passages lifted directly from Hewat.
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Currently on a non-guaranteed contract, taking a risk on the veteran big man was a low-risk, high-reward type move for the Knickerbockers.
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I understand the pain that all of you are going through after our beloved Knickerbockers fell to the Brooklyn Nets in the first-ever game between the crosstown rivals, in a game that was nicknamed the "Clash of the Boroughs."
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As the last Managing Editor of The Knickerbocker News before it merged with the TU on April 16, 1988, and thus intimately acquainted with both publications, I have a vastly different recollection of what the papers contained.
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Synonyms
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2.8
A person born in or living in New York City
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4.7
A person who lives in or comes from Brooklyn, New York City
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5.1
A person who lives in Manhattan, New York City
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Knickerbocker for a native New Yorker comes from the same made-up name Diedrich Knickerbocker, which stood for the old Dutch families of early New York, so it came to mean a long-time or native city resident.