Knickerbocker
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Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname and a type of clothing. It is a name often cited in reference to New York City--an allusion to the fictional character "Father Knickerbocker" who, according to the tale told by Washington Irving, was the head of the first socially prominent family in New York. According to Ric Burns' New York: A Documentary Film, generations of New Yorkers proudly claimed to be descendants of Father Knickerbocker, despite his fictional roots.
Uses of the name Knickerbocker include:
[edit] People
- Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker, a Dutch colonist of New York and great-great-grandfather 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] Sports
- The Knickerbocker Rules, an early formalization of the rules of baseball
- New York Knickerbockers, one of the first baseball teams
- New York Knicks, a National Basketball Association team
[edit] Places
- Knickerbocker Saloon, Indiana's oldest bar in Lafayette, IN
- 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 Village, a housing project in Lower East Side, Manhattan
- Knickerbocker Hotel, a building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Knickerbocker Mansion, home to Johannes Knickerbocker grandson of Herman Jansen Van Wijhe located in Schaghticoke, NY.
- Knickerbocker Drive, a street in Newark, De
- Knickerbocker Avenue, a street in Paterson, NJ
- Knickerbocker Avenue, Bergen County Route 505 in Bergen County, NJ
- Knickerbocker Theater, a theater in Holland, Michigan
- Knickerbocker Arena, former name of the Times Union Center, a sports arena in Albany, NY (still referred to by some locals as "the knick")
[edit] Other
- Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pen name of American writer and diplomat Washington Irving
- The Knickerbocker, a nineteenth-century American literary magazine
- The Knickerbocker Gang, a series of books
- knickerbocker glory, an ice cream dessert served in a tall glass
- The Knickerbockers, a 1960s pop music/rock-and-roll band
- In Michael Flynn's alternate history novelette The Forest of Time, in which the Thirteen Colonies failed to unite and became independent ( and mutually antagonistic) nation states, "Knicks" is how the inhabitants of New York State (not just the city) are called by their neighbors.
Knickerbocker is Dutch for "Marble Baker."
- Knickerbocker Storm, a significant blizzard bringing down the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington DC.
- Knickerbocker Partition Corporation, a company that manufactures such things as public bathroom stall walls etc.
- Knickerbocker Holiday, a broadway musical originally starring Walter Huston, Jeanne Madden, and Ray Middleton and featuring the standard September Song.
