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stonewashed

British  
/ ˈstəʊnˌwɒʃt /

adjective

  1. (of new clothes or fabric, esp denim jeans) given a worn faded look by being subjected to the abrasive action of many small pieces of pumice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His all-American good looks couldn't be ignored: Redford was once described as "a chunk of Mount Rushmore levered into stonewashed denims".

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

“Byron isn’t a joke,” Ms. Matthews said, wearing the stonewashed jeans and chunky ice-blue knit that she had advertised on Instagram that morning.

From New York Times • May 1, 2021

Mr. Marciano launched Guess—with its red triangle patch and stonewashed denim—in late 1981 with his brothers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2018

Damaris appeared on the screens with chubby cheeks, stonewashed jeans and a black T-shirt that read “ ’Ello Darling.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2017

If they wore the same size, she'd be forcing Eleanor into a stonewashed miniskirt about now.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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