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Originally Posted by Wingin It
If a pair is two, then why when you buy a pair of pants do you only get one? But when you buy a pair of socks you get two? :P
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From Merriam-Webster
1 a (1) : two corresponding things designed for use together <a pair of shoes> (2) : two corresponding bodily parts or members <a pair of hands> b : something made up of two corresponding pieces <a pair of trousers>
2 a : two similar or associated things: as (1) : two mated animals (2) : a couple in love, engaged, or married <were a devoted pair> (3) : two playing cards of the same value or denomination and especially of the same rank (4) : two horses harnessed side by side (5) : two members of a deliberative body that agree not to vote on a specific issue during a time agreed on; also : an agreement not to vote made by the two members b : a partnership especially of two players in a contest against another partnership
3 chiefly dialect : a set or series of small objects (as beads)