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Knicks
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knicks
English
Etymology
From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.
Proper noun
The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.
en eponyms
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /knɪks/
de De-Knicks.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ɪks
Etymology 1
de :af knicken<t:to bend, fold> -s
From de knicken to bend, fold s.
Noun
m
curtsey bow of the knees made by women
Declension
m
Alternative forms
de Knix archaic
Derived terms
de knicksen
Etymology 2
Noun
de noun form
de Knick gen s
de rare de Knick
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