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Knicks

proper nounattested in dialogue

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.

proper noun

  1. 1

    The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.

Etymology

From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.

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