The term "three cornered pants" mean nothing to anyone under the age of 50.

[trof]

[MLAA]

1. I'm 60 and I'm stumped 😬

[whathehell]

2. I'm older than that and I'm stumped

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[sop]

3. Diapers

[Dan]

7. My thought too

[trof]

11. Yep

[3catwoman3]

4. I know what a 3 cornered rent is in a piece...

...of fabric, but I have no idea what 3 cornered pants are. I’ll be 70 in April. My husband is 75 and he hasn’t heard of them either.

[argyl]

5. I'm 69. It's a new one on me.

Thought you meant the "three cornered hats" worn around the time of the Revolutionary War at first.

[Ocelot II]

6. I'm well over 50 and it doesn't mean anything to me, either.

[Thomas Hurt]

8. did you leave off a zero?

or a regional term?

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. You stumped me with that one my friend.

This is all I could find:

https://vintagraph.com/products/three-cornered-pants?variant=12105450946662

[trof]

10. Is that a 'Southernism'?

I guess not.
My Texas Cajun 76 year old wife didn't know either and we had a diaper service for our daughter 50 years ago.
Guess I was wrong.
Apologies.

[NBachers]

12. 72 next month; it's a new one on me, too.

[dpibel]

14. Just so you don't feel alone...

I got it.

My childhood was on the Great Plains, if that helps locate the dialect.

[Mickju]

15. I'm almost 77 and I've never heard of this.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. I'm 72 and have no idea what they are.