Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strong, twilled cotton, traditionally used in making uniforms and work clothes.
- noun Pants made of jean, denim, or another durable fabric.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
jane , 1. - noun A twilled cotton cloth, used both for underwear and for outer clothing: commonly, of garments, in the plural. Also written
jane .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A twilled cotton cloth.
- noun Same as
blue jeans . - noun Pants made of different fabrics, resembling
blue jeans . - noun a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after the manner of satin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Denim . - adjective Made of
denim (as "jean jacket").
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
- noun a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Seeing the wolf people hand out in jean cut-offs together is killing me LOL!
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What’s The Difference Between A "Supplement" And A "Bribe"? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 at 13: 43 yeaaaahhhh, the skinny jean is actually the invention of the devil.
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall… @ Attack of the Redneck Mommy 2006
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For her 35-minute opening act, the singer, who showed off her controversial curves in short jean shorts and tan cowboy boots, wiped away tears, forgot her words and dedicated a song to her sister
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After negating several stores just for sheer similarity in jean sizes and one place that had $98 pairs (I won’t pay over $50 for just jeans), I tried on about 40 pairs of jeans.
treeseed commented on the word jean
Jean by Oliver went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. This is a song from the soundtrack of the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and was written by Rod McKuen who also recorded it.
February 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jean
Also "Oh Jean," a great (if weird) song by the Proclaimers, and "5 Green Queens & Jean" by the Pogues.
February 9, 2008