jeanlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

jean(s) +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

jeanlike (comparative more jeanlike, superlative most jeanlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of jeans.
    • 2016 March 11, Hilary Moss, “Sterling Ruby’s Clothing (Yes, Clothing) Designs Go on Display”, in The New York Times Style Magazine[1]:
      The sentiment stuck with him and, years later, he decided to design a button-down shirt and a pair of jeanlike pants to sport in the studio.
    • 2023 May 19, “When great American brands sabotage their own success”, in Washington Examiner[2]:
      Strauss was not the first producer of commercial jeanlike work pants in the United States. That honor goes to Sweet-Orr, which preempted Levi’s by two years, according to James Sullivan, the author of Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon.