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Webster 1913 Edition


Jerkin

Jer′kin

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Noun.
[Dim. of D.
jurk
a frock.]
A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
Shak.

Jer′kin

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Noun.
(Zool.)
A male gyrfalcon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jerkin

JERK'IN

,
Noun.
A jacket; a short coat; a close waistcoat.
1.
A kind of hawk.

Definition 2024


jerkin

jerkin

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒəːkɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)kɪn

Noun

jerkin (plural jerkins)

  1. (historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
  2. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 32:
      A tall and very good-looking kid in a jerkin came out of the store and rode the coupé off around the corner and came back walking, his glistening black hair plastered with rain.
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Etymology 2

Noun

jerkin (plural jerkins)

  1. Alternative form of gyrkin

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