knickers
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I repaired Steve’s bicycle knickers for a coming tour but sent a little black dress—perfect for someone else—off to Goodwill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Don’t get your knickers in a twist, I’m not Mick Jagger,” he joked, delivering a goofy rendition of the Rolling Stones frontman’s signature moves before covering their hit “Start Me Up.”
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
You begin by getting dressed, pulling on knickers and a cloth chest protector, navigating various straps and zippers, cinching up a thick jacket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
They filed out dressed in bright golf shirts, baseball hats and khakis or shorts — a far cry from their 1896 counterparts, who wore knickers, monogrammed blazers, tweed caps, dress shirts and bow ties.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
A bargeman, poling away from the shore, found Chicken late that afternoon stuck in some rocks and weeds, his knickers ballooning about his legs.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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