What are jeans? Jeans are a type of pants traditionally made from denim (a kind of cotton fabric). The word most commonly refers to denim blue jeans. Jeans can be other colors, but they’re most commonly blue. The defining feature of most jeans is that they’re made out of some kind of denim or denim-like fabric. Most jeans have seams and pockets that are reinforced with rivets—small metal fasteners. The word jeans can technically be used to refer to pants made from other materials, such as corduroy, but this isn’t common. For example, pants made out of corduroy are commonly called corduroys. Jeans were originally worn as pants for rugged work, but they are now most commonly worn as casual attire. Like the words pants and trousers, jeans is always used in the plural form when referring to the pants. The word jean (without an s at the end) can be used to refer to the material and is typically used as a modifier to describe garments that are made of this material, as in jean jacket or jean shorts. Example: I love being able to wear jeans to work on casual Fridays.
plural of jean
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As she got up, she noticed her jeans’ button was undone and her belt was missing.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024
The stars of the viral 'four lads in jeans' meme have been immortalised in paper mache outside the bar their famous photograph was taken.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2022
Habitual jeans' subtle washes and tailored details such as welt pockets and bound buttonholes have become the overnight favorites of models like Gisele Bundchen and Carolyn Murphy.
From Time Magazine Archive
But I’ve got to earn money now more than ever, so each day, when Shiloh takes his long nap, I set out with my plastic garbage bag hanging out one jeans’ pocket.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The clothing just fitted her if she turned up the jeans' cuffs and rolled the shirt sleeves to her elbows.
From We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
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