jean
28
1.3
- noun
- /dʒin/
:
tela vaquera
- George is wearing a pair of jeans that are torn at the knee.
- jean jacket
- jean shorts
- jean shirt
George is wearing a pair of jeans that are torn at the knee.
- George is wearing a pair of jeans that are torn at the knee.
- So I brought one pair of blue mom jeans, one lightweight pair of pants.
- I was being denied of my black Jean, First off.
- So these are a Tom girl Jean, a Tom anything.
Examples
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The store had a big sale on jeans, so I bought three pairs.
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And she sees: He takes off his jean jacket and wraps her in it.
Fiction book (1995) -
I found it in your jean pocket.
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And then I'm wearing some white jeans for the first time this year.
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It's an upgrade over the jean shorts.
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Dirk, dressed in a jean outfit, makes his way to the stage and accepts the award from Jessie.
Fiction book (1997) -
Jerry would sit on the couch in his jean jacket and pants, without a shirt, his sleeves rolled up halfway.
Fiction book (1993) -
A man dressed in jean coveralls and a dirty red bandanna greeted us.
Academic text (2013) -
She's standing there in sneakers and her jean jacket, impatiently jingling the car keys.
Fiction book (1999) -
She's wearing cut-off jean shorts and an orange tank top, and her black hair is newly chopped and spiky.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
59
1.0
A strong blue cotton cloth used to make jeans and jackets
9
5.1
A strong, rough cotton cloth used for work clothes like overalls
Compounds
How Durable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jean for a strong cotton cloth comes from a French name meaning 'from Genoa', the Italian port where this fabric was first sold, so the cloth kept the name and later became the material of modern jeans.