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Singular and plural of pants, shorts, jeans, etc. up vote 1 down vote favorite. In English, words like pants, shorts, and jeans appear to be in the plural but really refer to one item of clothing (I don't know what the technical term for it is). To be more specific, you can say one pair of pants/shorts/jeans..
Jeans are trousers, a type of garment, typically made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term jeans refers to a particular style of pants, called blue jeans, which were invented by Jacob W. Davis in partnership with Levi Strauss & Co. in 1871 and patented by Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss on May 20, 1873.