blue jeans
noun (used with a plural verb)
close-fitting trousers made of blue denim or denimlike fabric, having pockets and seams often reinforced with rivets, and worn originally as work pants but now also as casual attire by persons of all ages.
Compare jean(def 2), Levi's.
Origin of blue jeans
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby blue jeans
blue ice,
blue in the face,
blue island,
blue jasmine,
blue jay,
blue jeans,
blue jet,
blue john,
blue law,
blue laws,
blue lias
Example sentences from the Web for blue jeans
They had on windbreakers the color of old cement and blue-jeans, with their waistbands concealed.
Little Brother |Cory DoctorowBut even in defeat, he carried down with him between rigid jaws the blue-jeans banner of victory.
Heart of the Blue Ridge |Waldron Baily