blue jeans

plural noun

: pants usually made of blue denim
blue-jeaned adjective

Examples of blue jeans in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Elizabeth Gonzalez was last seen wearing dark blue jeans, a black hoodie, and black and white Vans. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024 Gonzalez was wearing dark blue jeans, a black hoodie and black and white Vans when she was last seen. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 11 July 2024 After a long day in court, McDonald, a Democrat suddenly being mentioned as a future candidate for governor, had swapped her deep purple jacket and skirt for a pink sweater and dark blue jeans. Joshua Lott, Washington Post, 8 July 2024 The coroner’s office said Puentes was wearing blue jeans and yellow high-top tennis shoes at the time of his death. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 6 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for blue jeans 

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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 27 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

blue jeans

plural noun
: pants usually made of blue denim

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