Read full poem →Our confidences heavenwards grew,
Like fox-glove buds, in pairs disclosed.
Our former faults did we confess,
Dictionary Entry
Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
In a Sentence
“I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. pairspairs twopairs threepairs basepairs fourpairs between
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Poetry examples for “pairs”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Around, around, they waltzed and wound;
Some wheeled in smirking pairs;
With the mincing step of a demirep
Read full poem →Balance-loving Nature
Made all things in pairs.
To every foot its antipode;
Read full poem →My coat and my vest, they are Scotch o’ the best,
O’pairs o’ guid breeks I hae twa, man;
And stockings and pumps to put on my stumps,
Read full poem →Such Folk as are not in our Town,
. Forty, at least, in Pairs.