plural jeans
1
: a durable twilled cotton cloth used especially for sportswear and work clothes
2
usually jeans
: pants usually made of denim or jean
… strolling with royal puppy Lupo through Kensington Gardens near the couple's two-bedroom cottage in a pair of jeans and rain boots.—
Alicia Dennis et al.
Alicia Dennis et al.Millions of people today buy designer jeans for double the price of equally durable generic jeans …—Jared Diamond
see also blue jeans, mom jeans
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Pataky also posted a group photo with Brooks wearing a purple slip dress and an oversized jean jacket with hot pink cuffs.
—Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
This would fare well with a pair of high-rise straight-leg pants by Naylor or my favorite light wash denim jeans by Levi’s.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 20 May 2024
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Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
This would fare well with a pair of high-rise straight-leg pants by Naylor or my favorite light wash denim jeans by Levi’s.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 20 May 2024
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“Jean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jean. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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jean
noun1
: a heavy cotton cloth used especially for sportswear and work clothes
2
plural
: pants made of jean, denim, or corduroy
Etymology
a shortened form of earlier jean fustian, literally "a fustian (heavy cotton cloth) from Genoa," from Middle English Gene "Genoa, Italy"
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