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tin pants Slang 
heavy work pants of canvas soaked with a waterproofing solution, as of paraffin wax, formerly much worn by loggers.
- 1927 As to his costume it was altogether grotesque, consisting of a grayed and torn buckskin shirt without a collar, a pair of "tin pants" so covered with patches that little was left of the original material.
- 1948 (1956) . . . his face and neck were tanned and wrinkled like an old pair of logger's tin pants. He wore congress shoes.
- 1927 As to his costume it was altogether grotesque, consisting of a grayed and torn buckskin shirt without a collar, a pair of "tin pants" so covered with patches that little was left of the original material.