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It would be "trousers", or "a pair of trousers". In the UK, "pants" means "underwear". No doubt this has caused some embaressing situations.

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American pants = British trousersBritish pants = American underwear


pants means underwear in America too, in some fixed expressions, like "he pooped his pants"

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