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Knicks

The English word “Knicks” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  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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