blue jeans

plural noun

: pants usually made of blue denim
blue-jeaned adjective

Examples of blue jeans in a Sentence

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Raphael Warnock arrived on Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion in his SUV, rocking blue jeans and a muted olive vest, ready to make his pitch to the predominantly Black audience. Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024 Along with the bones, the workers also found blue jeans, a white towel, a red T-shirt, a black athletic shoe and a green sleeping bag near Highway 93, the sheriff’s office said. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 Layer up on your denim with an over shirt and blue jeans layer beneath an oversized fur coat, preferably one in the season’s beloved chocolate brown. Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024 Gap’s cherry red coat is an all-in-one-outfit in itself, pairing well with everything from black leggings to blue jeans. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blue jeans 

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 7 Nov. 2024.

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blue jeans

plural noun
: pants usually made of blue denim

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