blue jeanadj.n.

Brit.

/bluː ˈdʒiːn/, U.S.

/ˌblu ˈdʒin/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., jean n.

Etymology: < blue adj. + jean n. Compare slightly earlier blue jeans n.

A. adj.

1. Made of a type of heavy blue twilled cotton cloth, typically used for work clothes (now usually denim). Also figurative: †dull, plain, ordinary (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [adjective] > other

fustian1537

calico1612

Surat1643

corduroy1789

velveteen1824

blue jean1826

dungaree1836

blue jeans1871

percale1880

Aertex1896

1826 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 31 July (advt.) A gray cassinet coat and blue jean coat.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xli. 141 A gentleman, prematurely broad for his years, clothed in a professional blue jean frock.

1855 H. Melville Israel Potter xx. 216 Across the otherwise blue-jean career of Israel, Paul Jones flits and re-flits like a crimson thread... [then] to the plain old homespun we return.

1932 F. L. Wright Autobiogr. i. 16 Blue-jean overalls with blue cotton suspenders.

1972 Mademoiselle Aug. 338/2 Blue Jean Boots..A superior, nine- eyelet, lace-up boot of extremely sturdy blue denim decorated with red trimming.

1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) iv. 167 I put on sneakers and no socks, my tightest blue-jean shorts and an unironed grey T-shirt.

2. Characterized by or wearing blue jeans. Cf. blue jeans adj. 2.

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1946 G. H. Gray Housing & Citizenship 237/2 In the interest of reemploying the idle in both white-collar and blue-jean groups.

1954 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Apr. 43/2 I..was shortly joined by one of the blue-jean ladies.

1971 C. Bukowski Post Office ii. iv. 38 On blue jean day everybody in town was supposed to wear blue jeans or get thrown in the lake.

2000 G. A. Schieren Benevolence xii. 184 The highly skilled and the completely unskilled, the blue jean crowd and the white-shirted office clerks.

B. n.

A heavy blue twilled cotton cloth, typically used for work clothes; blue denim.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > twilled

hickory1750

satin jean1812

beaverteen1827

blue jean1857

denim1864

workhouse sheeting1875

Bolton sheeting1880

Turkey twill1904

regatta1910

chino1943

regatta fabric1962

Bolton twill1967

1849 Ladies' Repository Aug. 49/2 With clownish shoes, and pants of bright blue jean.]

1857 Circular No. 283 in Navy List 245/2 To be made with Collar and Wristbands of blue Jean.

1868 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Apr. 379/1 A Missourian in blue jean on a mule.

1901 H. D. Northrop John Winslow xxix. 343 He got an' ole straw hat, ole pair of boots an' a suit o' blue jean.

1918 New Country Life June 88/3 In a cooler blue jean the blouse is $3.95.

2001 I. Sumner Royal Navy 1939–45 48/2 Over this was worn the seaman's collar, made of blue jean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue jean
释义	blue jeanadj.n. Brit. /bluː ˈdʒiːn/, U.S. /ˌblu ˈdʒin/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., jean n. Etymology: < blue adj. + jean n. Compare slightly earlier blue jeans n. A. adj. 1. Made of a type of heavy blue twilled cotton cloth, typically used for work clothes (now usually denim). Also figurative: †dull, plain, ordinary (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [adjective] > other fustian1537 calico1612 Surat1643 corduroy1789 velveteen1824 blue jean1826 dungaree1836 blue jeans1871 percale1880 Aertex1896 1826 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 31 July (advt.) A gray cassinet coat and blue jean coat. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xli. 141 A gentleman, prematurely broad for his years, clothed in a professional blue jean frock. 1855 H. Melville Israel Potter xx. 216 Across the otherwise blue-jean career of Israel, Paul Jones flits and re-flits like a crimson thread... [then] to the plain old homespun we return. 1932 F. L. Wright Autobiogr. i. 16 Blue-jean overalls with blue cotton suspenders. 1972 Mademoiselle Aug. 338/2 Blue Jean Boots..A superior, nine- eyelet, lace-up boot of extremely sturdy blue denim decorated with red trimming. 1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) iv. 167 I put on sneakers and no socks, my tightest blue-jean shorts and an unironed grey T-shirt. 2. Characterized by or wearing blue jeans. Cf. blue jeans adj. 2. ΚΠ 1946 G. H. Gray Housing & Citizenship 237/2 In the interest of reemploying the idle in both white-collar and blue-jean groups. 1954 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Apr. 43/2 I..was shortly joined by one of the blue-jean ladies. 1971 C. Bukowski Post Office ii. iv. 38 On blue jean day everybody in town was supposed to wear blue jeans or get thrown in the lake. 2000 G. A. Schieren Benevolence xii. 184 The highly skilled and the completely unskilled, the blue jean crowd and the white-shirted office clerks. B. n. A heavy blue twilled cotton cloth, typically used for work clothes; blue denim. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > twilled hickory1750 satin jean1812 beaverteen1827 blue jean1857 denim1864 workhouse sheeting1875 Bolton sheeting1880 Turkey twill1904 regatta1910 chino1943 regatta fabric1962 Bolton twill1967 1849 Ladies' Repository Aug. 49/2 With clownish shoes, and pants of bright blue jean.] 1857 Circular No. 283 in Navy List 245/2 To be made with Collar and Wristbands of blue Jean. 1868 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Apr. 379/1 A Missourian in blue jean on a mule. 1901 H. D. Northrop John Winslow xxix. 343 He got an' ole straw hat, ole pair of boots an' a suit o' blue jean. 1918 New Country Life June 88/3 In a cooler blue jean the blouse is $3.95. 2001 I. Sumner Royal Navy 1939–45 48/2 Over this was worn the seaman's collar, made of blue jean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1826
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