blue jeans

plural noun

: pants usually made of blue denim
blue-jeaned adjective

Examples of blue jeans in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Felix’s vinyl figure, inspired by the same scene, features the charming college student in a white tank top, blue jeans and his symbolic angel wings. Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024 Police said he was last seen wearing a black/brown button-up shirt with a black chest pocket, blue jeans, brown boots and a black Apple watch. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 He’s dressed in blue jeans and a t-shirt from the Texas band Rattlesnake Milk that’s layered under a dark flannel shirt, his long hair tied back. Jon Freeman, SPIN, 8 Mar. 2024 Marissa Carmichael, 25, was last seen on Jan. 14 at an Exxon gas station wearing a white Tweety Bird T-shirt, blue jeans and yellow sneakers, police said on a missing persons flyer. Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024 Flashing a beaming smile, Teigen was dressed in an oversized a black blazer and blue jeans. Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024 Styling-wise, follow suit and pair yours with the ultimate closet combination: a plain but perfect white tee and classic light-wash blue jeans. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024 Malone stood alone at the 50-yard line in a brown sports jacket and blue jeans wearing a bolo tie over a white dress shirt, finger-picking acoustic guitar in a trembling indie-folk treatment with haunting pedal-steel seasoning. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2024 He was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, brown boots, a gray and green knit hat with a Harry Potter Slytherin logo on it and yellow gloves. Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blue jeans was in 1842

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“Blue jeans.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20jeans. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

blue jeans

noun plural
: pants usually made of blue denim

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