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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Effing Dutch and their short pants. Goes back to when they settled New Amsterdam [NYC]. The Knickerbocker name was a common Dutch surname, and they dressed in the short pants, so that style of dress was named after it. Just like your underwear is called your knickers.
Came to be shorthand for longtime residents of NA/NY through many generations.
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I think they should be called the knickerbockers then. **** New Yowk
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My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
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