denim, n.
1 (often attrib.) a usu. blue hard-wearing cotton twill fabric used for jeans, overalls, etc. (a denim skirt).
2 (in pl.) colloq. jeans, overalls, etc. made of this.
Etymology
for serge de Nim f. N{icirc}mes in S. France
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