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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Nicol Natale, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Mulligan first paired a cashmere knit with baggy jeans, changing into an oversized sweater and knit pencil skirt at the film’s premiere.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 26 Jan. 2025
Mother The Outsider Sneak jeans $250 NET-A-PORTER Manolo Blahnik
Callasli 90 leather slingback sandals
$845
NET-A-PORTER
Photo: Courtesy of Backgrid
Blooming Love
Flowers have become synonymous with Valentine’s Day, so why not lean into a flirty mood and wear them, too?
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2025
In 2007, O’Brien was awarded Boston Magazine’s Best-of-Boston award for best women’s jeans.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Jean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jean. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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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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