Knickerbocker

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Contents 1 People 2 Clothing 3 Places 4 Other 5 See also

Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname and was the name of a prominent family in early New York.

Uses of the name Knickerbocker include:

[edit] People

• Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker, a Dutch colonist of New York and father of Herman Knickerbocker
• Herman Knickerbocker, a United States Representative from New York

[edit] Clothing

• Knickers, panties or women's undergarments
• Knickerbockers (clothing), men's or boys' baggy knee trousers

[edit] Places

• Knickerbocker Avenue, a shopping strip and street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
• Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line), a New York City Subway station
• Knickerbockers (venue), a concert venue in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Knickerbocker Hotel, a building in New York City
• Knickerbocker Hotel, a building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[edit] Other

• Dietrich Knickerbocker, a pen name of American writer and diplomat Washington Irving
• The Knickerbocker, a nineteenth-century American literary magazine
• The Knickerbocker Rules, an early formalization of the rules of baseball
• The Knickerbocker Gang, a series of books
• knickerbocker glory, an ice cream dessert served in a tall glass
• New York Knicks, a National Basketball Association team
• New York Knickerbockers, a defunct baseball team
• The Knickerbockers, a 1960s pop music/rock-and-roll band

[edit] See also

• Knickerbocracy