nicky-tam

Meaning

Noun

• A pair of straps or pieces of string tied around the leg below the knee to raise trousers above the level of farmyard dirt.
• The same to prevent the ingress of dust and vermin up the trouser leg.
• A simpleton or country yokel.

Origin

• From knickerbockers (due to the shape that the trouser legs adopt) + taum (a cord).