Jeansy
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of jeans. informal
"What would be a lovely bank of white and pink roses just north of Mallett's are so laden with dust from the grist-mill road that the white roses look a rusty yellow, pink ones a jeansy brown."
- 2 Wearing jeans. informal
"Along the yellow, frozen bank, twenty-five or thirty feet high, with its narrow sloping beach to the water, a jeansy string of rustics are squatting on their haunches, absorbing all the sunshine they can, and watching the dragging operations with stolid faces."
Synonyms
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More examples"What would be a lovely bank of white and pink roses just north of Mallett's are so laden with dust from the grist-mill road that the white roses look a rusty yellow, pink ones a jeansy brown."
Etymology
From jeans + -y.
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