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Knickerbocker

Knick·er·bock·er [ níkər bòkər ] (plural Knick·er·bock·ers)


noun  U.S. 
Definition:
 
1. descendant of Dutch in New York: somebody descended from the early Dutch settlers of New York

2. somebody from New York: somebody who comes from the state of New York ( informal )

[Early 19th century. After Diedrich Knickerbocker, fictitious author of Washington Irving's History of New York]
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