Blue-jeans
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.
Historical Examples
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
Little Brother Cory Doctorow
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