jean

plural jeans

1. attributivecountableuncountableDenim.

   She wore a tattered jean jacket.

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   Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.

   1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

1. A female given name from French.

   There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o' my Jean.

   1788, Robert Burns, Of A' the Airts the Wind Can Blaw

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   Isn't Jean a pretty name?" "Not bad; but why don't you call her Miss Muir?" "She begged me not. She hates it, and loves to be called Jean, alone."

   1866, Louisa May Alcott, chapter II, in Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power

   He was trying to think of her name; she had come to cook him dinner twice last spring. Jean, maybe. Or Betty. One of these plain names.

   1972, Anne Tyler, The Clock Winder, Knopf, page 67

2. An unincorporated community in Nevada.

1. A male given name from French.

1. A surname.

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   In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre.

   2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Nicholas Confessore, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023