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From rubber + pants. First sense arose in the 1920s due to the garment being made from latex—which is used to make rubber.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rubber pants
Today it means: Plastic pants. Full definition →
Today it means: Plastic pants. Full definition →
From rubber + pants. First sense arose in the 1920s due to the garment being made from latex—which is used to make rubber.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.