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Meanings of pants in English

Portuguese
calças
Catalan
calces
Wikidata

Underpants worn by women.

        calças
        Wikidata

        An item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body and covering both legs separately.

              Usage of pants in English
              1
              Yet the actors bring the flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants concentration that the visionary enterprise needs.
              The Guardian
              2
              The legs of the pants were large enough to keep house in.
              Sermons on Biblical Characters
              3
              Every living creature gasps and pants for breath in the scorching heat.
              Stories of California
              4
              Save in deference to your ladyship I probably would have said pants.
              The Harvester
              5
              I always was a seamstress-madepants for the men on the place.
              Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
              6
              And I was back in a corner again, just wearing track pants.
              Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
              7
              It was rainy and muddy-mypants were rolled up to the knees.
              The Underground Railroad / A Record of Facts, Authentic Narrativ...
              8
              The fancy-pants flight attendant from his airplane emerged from the men's room.
              Gutshot straight
              9
              Mason broke the story and we were caught with our pants down.
              Terminal Compromise
              10
              Talking point: Despite the brilliant performance, it's likely to be the pants.
              The Guardian
              11
              He fairly pants with eagerness for the treasure just beyond his grasp.
              Correggio / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of t...
              12
              Obeying my order, the dress was raised, exposing the pants to view.
              Twenty Years of Hus'ling
              13
              And when I saw those pants I knew Katie Freeman was fixed.
              Mary Cary: "Frequently Martha"
              14
              It always rises heavily, pants on the way, and falls asleep exhausted.
              The Cathedral
              15
              Lord Temple resigned yesterday: I suppose his virtue pants for a dukedom.
              The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
              16
              The imprint left on the seat of Vickeroy's pants was not U.S.M.
              The Second William Penn / A true account of incidents that happe...
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