breeches vs knicks

breeches

noun
  • Trousers; pantaloons. 

  • A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. 

knicks

noun
  • Lycra pants (usually short) used by cyclists. 

  • Knickers. 

How often have the words breeches and knicks occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )