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rubber pants

rubber pants noun: plastic pants.

Noun

rubber pants pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Plastic pants.
    • Rubber pants for infants' wear.1922 June 20, United States Patent Office, “Index of patents issued from the United States Patent Office, 1921”, in Commissioner of Patents Annual Report, page 1245
    • Don't stint on clothes for the infant. Use every corner of your pack for extras. If an infant becomes wet because of leaky rubber pants or something like that, he's got to be changed in a hurry.1973, Michael J. Clark, “You're Taking…Who?…Where?”, in John Monroe Bennet, editor, Backpacker, volume 1, number 3, Do's and Don'ts for Backpacking with Infants, page 31
  2. (plural, plural-only) Pants made from latex or rubber.

Synonyms of rubber pants

Origin of rubber pants

From rubber + pants. First sense arose in the 1920s due to the garment being made from latex—which is used to make rubber.

Questions about rubber pants

What does rubber pants mean?
Rubber pants means plastic pants.
What part of speech is rubber pants?
Rubber pants is a noun.

Words near rubber pants in the dictionary

  1. rubber jungle
  2. rubber jungles
  3. rubber match
  4. rubber matches
  5. rubber panties
  6. rubber pants
  7. rubber plant
  8. rubber plants
  9. rubber policeman
  10. rubber policemen
  11. rubber rabbitbrush

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