Whats a KnickerBocker?
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Here is the origin of that name. While a member of Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 12 of the New York City Fire Department, Alexander Joy Cartwright became involved in playing town ball (an early version of baseball) on a vacant lot in Manhattan. In 1845, the lot became unavailable for use, and the group was forced to look for another location. They found a playing field, the Elysian Fields, a large tree-filled parkland across the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey run by Colonel John Stevens, which charged $75 a year to rent. In order to pay the rental fees, Cartwright organized a ball club so that he could collect the needed money. The club was named the "Knickerbockers", in honor of the fire company where Cartwright was a member.
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I used to buy a ice cream dessert called a knickerbocker glory :)
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"Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname and a type of clothing. It is a name often cited in reference to New York City--an allusion to the fictional character "Father Knickerbocker" who, according to the tale told by Washington Irving, was the head of the first socially prominent family in New York. According to Ric Burns' New York: A Documentary Film, generations of New Yorkers proudly claimed to be descendants of Father Knickerbocker, despite his fictional roots. Uses of the name Knickerbocker include: - People: Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker, a Dutch colonist of New York and great-great-grandfather of Herman Knickerbocker Herman Knickerbocker, a United States Representative from New York - Clothing: Knickers, panties or women's undergarments Knickerbockers (clothing), men's or boys' baggy knee trousers " "Knickerbocker is Dutch for "Marble Baker."" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knickerbocker
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