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AngelBarbie | 10:14 Wed 03rd Oct 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why do we say a pair of pants, when there is only one of them?
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A pair of trousers, a pair of spectacles, a pair of shears
because there are two legholes. Just as there are two lenses to a pair of spectacles, two shears to a pair of shears etc.
but you would not call a shirt, "a pair of sleeves"......

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