workpants

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noun

Pants (i.e., trousers) for working.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounworkpants pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyPants (i.e., trousers) for working.

    He pushed the door open and saw Jud’s splayed feet, his old green workpants, his checked flannel shirt.

    1983, Stephen King, Pet Sematary, Signet, published 1984, →ISBN, page 398
    2 more examples

    When workpants or bluejeans start to look like cheesecloth in the seat, that’s a good time to wear them in an enduro.

    1970, Thomas Firth Jones, Enduro, Chilton Book Company, →ISBN, page 102

    On his head he wore a knit cap, pulled down onto his narrow forehead; on his lower body, khaki workpants; on his feet, rubber boots from Sears, Roebuck.

    2012, Joyce Carol Oates, Mudwoman, Ecco, →ISBN, page 61

Origin

From work + pants.

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APA

workpants. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workpants

MLA

“workpants.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workpants. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “workpants,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workpants.

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