Modernly, you are correct. My grandmother was fond of asking if I'd gotten my "knickers in a twist" if I was angry about something. This often happened if I was being sent to my room for beating up a younger sibling. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Julie <jtknit...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought knickers referred to underwear. > Julie > > >> Last Sunday, a friend came to a Steampunk St. Patty's Day party >> sporting knickers. I am in the habit of calling them knee-breeches from my >> RevWar days. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
