How to spell knickers

hear itknick·ers/'nɪkərz/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: Underwear worn on the lower body.

In a sentence: She wore colorful knickers under her dress.

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent k. Often misspelled as nickers or knickerss.

Same family: trousers, shorts, pants, breeches, outfit. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “knickers” comes from “knickerbockers,” a type of loose knee‑length trousers named after a fictional Dutch character, Diedrich Knickerbocker, from an 1809 book by Washington Irving. Over time, English speakers shortened “knickerbockers” to “knickers.”

Patterns it uses: Silent letters

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