Knickerbockers

Loose knee-breeches, worn by boys, cyclists, sportsmen, tourists, etc. So named from George Cruikshank's illustrations of Washington Irving's book referred to above. In these illustrations the Dutch worthies are drawn with very loose knee-breeches.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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