Knickerbocker
pronunciation
How to pronounce Knickerbocker in British English:
UK ['nɪkəbɒkə]
How to pronounce Knickerbocker in American English:
US [ 'nɪkɚ,bɑkɚ]
Word Origin
- Knickerbocker
- "descendant of Dutch settlers of New York," 1831, from Diedrich Knickerbocker, the name under which Washington Irving published his popular "History of New York" (1809). The pen-name was borrowed from Irving's friend Herman Knickerbocker, and literally means "toy marble-baker."
Example
- 1. Others argue that the cocktail was first served at the knickerbocker hotel in san francisco , ca around the same time period .