The story of jeans Vocabulary

Levi Strauss was a German immigrant Levi Strauss was a German immigrant. immigrant /ˈɪmɪɡrənt/ a person who has come to a foreign country in order to live there permanently He was a wholesaler. wholesaler /ˈhəʊlˌseɪlər/ someone who buys and sells goods in large amounts Strauss used to sell a lot of cloth. cloth ​ /klɒθ/ material which is used to make clothes Jacob Davis was a tailor. tailor /ˈteɪlər/ a person who makes clothes

Jacob Davis made clothes for gold miners and railway workers Jacob Davis made clothes for gold miners and railway workers. gold miner /ˈɡəʊld ˌmaɪnər/ a person who works in a gold mine railway /ˈreɪlweɪ/ metal tracks on which trains run

Davis made his trousers from denim Davis made his trousers from denim. denim /ˈdenɪm/ a thick, strong cotton cloth, often blue in colour He used copper rivets on the trousers. rivet /ˈrɪvɪt/ a metal pin He didn’t have enough money for the patent. patent /ˈpeɪtənt/ the official legal right to sell an invention