blue jeans

plural noun

Synonyms of blue jeansnext
: pants usually made of blue denim
blue-jeaned adjective

Examples of blue jeans in a Sentence

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Kazakova is about 5-foot-6, weighs about 128 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 In 1976, Calvin Klein put blue jeans on the runway for the first time; in 1997, Jean Paul Gaultier was the first designer to use denim in a haute couture show. Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026 There is nothing quite as iconic in American fashion as blue jeans, and for decades those jeans were made of premium fabrics in esteemed American mills, using American cotton. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 June 2026 Sean Preston wore a long black satin-style overcoat layered over a black button-up shirt and matching tie, paired with blue jeans and polished black shoes. ABC News, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for blue jeans

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blue jeans was in 1842

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blue jeans

plural noun
: pants usually made of blue denim

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