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noun (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
noun a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
originFrom the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.
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