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  1. The New York Knicks got their name because in the past new york went to war with the spanish and they had won they called themselves the knickerbockers so they just took the erbocker off and whalla the knicks also im available for the hotties out there girls only the sexy ones too.
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The dutch used to own New York City and in a book written long ago by Washington Irving, there was a character with knickerbocker in their name. It is remembered and used today.

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from the type of plants that were worn by the dutch.

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From the type of pants that were worn by the dutch.

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It is short for Knickerbockers, which is a nickname New Yorkers once had for the very wealthy citizens of the city.

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