tin pants

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tin pants]
- /tɪn pænts/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tin pants]
- /tɪn pænts/

Definition of tin pants words

noun tin pants heavy waterproof trousers, usually of paraffin-soaked canvas, worn by loggers and fishermen. 1

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Origin of tin pants

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Tin pants

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

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determiner

exclamation

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tin pants popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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