blue jeans

plural noun

: pants usually made of blue denim
blue-jeaned adjective

Examples of blue jeans in a Sentence

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The most noteworthy thing about the look, though, was her pair of baggy blue jeans. Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 Dressed in a white T-shirt bearing the logo of the Carolina Ascent FC and a simple pair of blue jeans, one of the top athletes of her generation is inside a building just off Wilkinson Blvd. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025 While blue jeans aren’t going anywhere, gray washes—including ultra-light washes and deep charcoal tones—will rise in popularity in the new year. Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025 Describing his attacker as a White man, six feet tall, about 200 pounds, and wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, Heskett told Zajac the man had appeared to have been hunched near a tree when Heskett first saw him. Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 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 9 Oct. 2025.

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blue jeans

plural noun
: pants usually made of blue denim

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