Comment on We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing.

Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Trousers are plural because originally they were only a pair of legs (without anything between!) and were tied to a belt.

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