nicky-tam

nicky-tam
nicky-tam also nicky tam, "garter worn over trousers," 1911, from Scottish, from shortened form of KNICKERS (Cf. knickers) + Scottish & northern English dialect taum, from O.N. taumr "cord, rein, line," cognate with O.E. team (see TEAM (Cf. team)). Originally a string tied by Scottish farmers around rolled-up trousers to keep the legs of them out of the dirt.

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