Meanings
comparative more jeanlike · superlative most jeanlike
- Resembling or characteristic of jeans.
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.
2016 November 3, Hilary Moss, “Sterling Ruby’s Clothing (Yes, Clothing) Designs Go on Display”, in The New York Times Style Magazine1 more example
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.
2023 May 19, “When great American brands sabotage their own success”, in Washington Examiner
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