PANTALOONS

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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PANTALOONS, n.  A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male.  The
  garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of
  flexion.  Supposed to have been invented by a humorist.  Called
  "trousers" by the enlightened and "pants" by the unworthy.