Fair point. Perhaps pajamas is a better choice.John Clarke wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:01 amUse of "trouser" as a singular noun is not unknown. Some menswear retailers with a pretentious bent used to (may still do) refer to something they showed you as "a very fine trouser, sir".MJMcCready wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:59 pmSome nouns exist only in plural form, I believe they are called plurale tantums , scissors and trousers are fairly obvious examples of that.
And I remember one female character on Coronation Street, back in the 90s it must have been, refer to Jim McDonald as "a pretty fair bit of trouser".
Regarding trousers/pants, isn't that a British/American distinction?