Definition of jean
1 : a durable twilled cotton cloth used especially for sportswear and work clothes
2 : pants usually made of jean or denim —usually used in plural
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Returned jeans, factory seconds, late season items and more up to 80 percent off retail.
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Silver Lake’s Buck Mason has jumped on the bandwagon, selling its no-frills line of men’s tees, chinos, jeans, and button-downs from a repurposed ’97 GMC school bus dubbed The Open Road.
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Vanellope quickly wins the princesses over, though, and inspires them to slip out of their famous gowns and into something a little more comfortable: sweats, jeans, shirts, and hoodies.
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Dressed in a team polo shirt and jeans, the tall, athletic Dane arrived in 2012 to work at a private academy in Shanghai run by a former Danish national team player.
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Police said the robber was described as a black man, between 20 and 25 years old, standing approximately 6-feet, 4-inches tall, with a thin build and wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans, a black ski mask and black gloves.
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What are the building blocks of your style: Skinny jeans, blazers, black dresses, loose blouses, wedge booties/heels.
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Americans may buy coffee from Central America, electronics from China, cars from South Korea and jeans sewn in Turkey.
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Denim shop closes in Orland Jean Therapy closed its doors for good last month after a nine-year run selling blue jeans and other denim products and accessories in Orland Park.
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Origin and Etymology of jean
short for jean fustian, from Middle English Gene Genoa, Italy + fustian
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