knickeredadj.
/ˈnɪkəd/, U.S. /ˈnɪkərd/ Clothed in knickerbockers.
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1897 Punch 28 Aug. 85/1 Three human legs..hygienically knickered.
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adj.1897- to make a bonne mine
- to make a boo-boo
- to make a boob
- to make a booboo
- to make a book
- to make a botch of
- to make a bridge of a person's nose
- to make a building plain
- to make a building plain with the earth
- to make a call
- to make a case
- to make a cat laugh
- to make a change
- to make a cheese
- to make a chevisance
- to make a child
- to make a choice
- to make a claw to windward
- to make a clean breast of
- to make a clean breast of it
- to make a clean job
- to make a clean job of it
- to make a cockshy at
- to make a comeback
- to make a conquest