Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Knickerbocker

Knickerbocker , noun

A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.

Knickerbocker , proper noun

[From Diedrich KNickerbocker, the fictional author of The History of New York, in fact written by Washington Irving.]

A descendant of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City. [capitalized]