The little boy in knickerbockers playing with a diabolo on page 103 is a perfect period piece. From Wordnik.com. [Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali] Reference
Across from Miss Hazel sat her brother in knickerbockers, his Alpine stock at his elbow and also his fan. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Junior] Reference
However, many women now affect "knickerbockers" and vice versa. From Wordnik.com. [Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises] Reference
I wore blue serge knickerbockers trimmed with white braid. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
Almost always he wore a black coat, knickerbockers and black gaiters. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
By the way, I suppose you know you've got a hole in your knickerbockers. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 12, 1892] Reference
Stockings, knickerbockers, and blouse were drawn on with unwonted rapidity. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"What a beastly mess," rubbing the cobwebs off his hands on to his knickerbockers. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
You haven't a red beard; you are not in knickerbockers; you don't recall SHAKSPEARE. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914] Reference
Once in knickerbockers and a man's getting into an omnibus is really too ignominious!. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
He was a man of about five-and-thirty, of medium height, dressed in knickerbockers and. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
She wore high, laced boots, a short skirt, knickerbockers, a blouse, and a broad-brimmed hat. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies] Reference
A tenderfoot, newly arrived, appeared on the streets one day in knickerbockers and stockings. From Wordnik.com. [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference
The knickerbockers relentlessly strode onward; the driver had addressed himself to hearts of stone. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
"Did you put your shoes away in the bag on the door and hang up your good knickerbockers and coat?". From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
I'm always expecting to see her walk in rigged out in a sporting costume -- knickerbockers and all. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
"My soul an 'body," she murmured again as she looked at the sturdy little figure in knickerbockers. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Rose of Mifflin] Reference
Nancy, minus her narrow velveteen skirt, was really a beguiling figure in blue pongee knickerbockers. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
She leaned toward me, and I felt rather than saw that she was in shirt and knickerbockers like a boy. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
Spurred to pictures by the old brocade, Kenny wished he had some velvet knickerbockers and a satin coat. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
He wore a Norfolk Jacket and knickerbockers, and his tanned boots were polished till they shone like glass. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Patricia put her questions tremblingly, for she feared the stern, strange face of the boy in knickerbockers. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at School] Reference
He pulled off his coat and trousers and donned in their place a dirty jacket and a pair of ragged knickerbockers. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
He was dressed in knickerbockers and coat of rough tweed of a large checked pattern, and carried a spy-glass slung over his back. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story] Reference
The cyclist was a good-looking, short, but well-built man, clad in a light, home-spun suit, with knickerbockers and a Panama hat. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Even John was unable to restrain an envious stare at the natty flannel shirt and knickerbockers, and the maroon and white stockings. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
Flossie saw her brother sink down until the brook came up to the lower edge of his knickerbockers, wetting them, while Freddie cried. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island] Reference
My clothes were sadly in need of repair, my jacket being torn and stained, and my knickerbockers requiring a patch on the right knee. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Early on the following Monday morning Wargrave, dressed in khaki knickerbockers, shirt and puttees, and wearing besides his pith helmet. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
It was a little boy about ten years old, clad in steel-gray Palm Beach knickerbockers and golf cap, but not at all happy in appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation] Reference
You would not think of dressing in knickerbockers, or rompers, or -- something younger, to present your qualities and services for sale. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
On enquiry I discovered that a namesake of mine was the contractor for the Thames Embankment, which was built when I was in knickerbockers. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
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