knicker
nounEtymology From Dutch knikker.
knicker
noun/ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
1
As a modifier Of or relating to knickers.
- knicker elastic, knicker drawer, knicker thief
- A knicker nicker nicked a pair of knickers off the clothesline.
2
knickerbockers
- Country club men had reinstated the knicker, adding four inches in length […]1983, David Lanier Lewis, Laurence Goldstein, The Automobile and American Culture, page 58:
- A sock worn in the regulation fashion, under the knicker, looks neatest and permits the proper full flare of the knicker.1925, The Clothier and Furnisher, volume 106, page 79:
- Derived terms
- knickered, knickerless