jean shorts

plural noun

: shorts made of denim or jean
She was … wearing a white T-shirt and ripped jean shortsVanity Fair
The shop has jean shorts in different shades of blue as well as black and pink.Joanne Berger DuMound

called also jorts

Examples of jean shorts in a Sentence

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Juliet wears jean shorts and Doc Martens at one point, and pink bike shorts as pajama bottoms. Trish Deitch, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024 For his Thursday, Sept. 5 game against the Baltimore Ravens, the Grammy winner turned heads in a corseted denim Versace crop top and relaxed jean shorts paired with red thigh-high Giuseppe Zanotti patent leather boots. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024 Swift and her game day outfit had everybody talking as she was pictured arriving at the venue in a corseted denim Versace crop top, jean shorts and red thigh-high Giuseppe Zanotti boots. Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024 During the game, Swift wore a corseted denim Versace crop top, relaxed jean shorts and red thigh-high Giuseppe Zanotti boots. Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jean shorts 

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jean shorts was in 1946

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“Jean shorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jean%20shorts. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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