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Definition of tap pants

: a loose-fitting woman's undergarment of a style similar to shorts formerly worn for tap dancing

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Recent Examples on the Web Then tap pants, looking like silky short shorts, ruled the underwear world until the 1940s and ’50s. — Shira Feder, Vox, "The rise of granny panties," 5 June 2019

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First Known Use of tap pants

1977, in the meaning defined above

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“Tap pants.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20pants. Accessed 4 Aug. 2020.

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