blue jeans

plural noun

: pants usually made of blue denim
blue-jeaned adjective

Examples of blue jeans in a Sentence

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Take cues from the look above and match your shoes to your jacket for effortless elegance when paired with blue jeans. Renata Joffre, Vogue, 4 May 2025 Brand, 49, arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court in the British capital at around 9.30 a.m. local time on Friday, May 2, wearing a dark denim shirt, sunglasses and blue jeans. Liam Quinn, People.com, 2 May 2025 The suspect is described as a man with black hair who is between 30 and 40 years old, between 5-foot-6 inches and 5-foot-9 inches tall, weighs between 180 and 200 pounds, and was wearing a dark hooded jacket, a white shirt and blue jeans on the day of the killing. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025 Blackburn is 6-foot-2, weighs 170 pounds, and was last seen wearing blue jeans with tears in the knees, a yellow T-shirt and a black, zippered hooded sweatshirt. Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025 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 18 May. 2025.

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blue jeans

plural noun
: pants usually made of blue denim

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