blue jeans

plural noun

: pants usually made of blue denim
blue-jeaned adjective

Examples of blue jeans in a Sentence

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Affleck, 52, could be seen smiling, chatting with and hugging both Matt, 54, and Luciana, 48, outside the restaurant, wearing a casual look featuring a black leather jacket and blue jeans. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 1 June 2025 The video, released on May 29, first shows Lorde lounging in a white T-shirt and blue jeans. James Factora, Them., 30 May 2025 Soldiers from the caisson detachment in blue jeans, black shirts and white cowboy hats mucked out stalls. Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 27 May 2025 And then, most people like blues, there's the sky, there's the ocean, there's blue jeans. Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20jeans. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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blue jeans

plural noun
: pants usually made of blue denim

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