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jerkin
[ jur-kin ]
noun
- a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
jerkin
/ ˈdʒɜːkɪn /
noun
- a sleeveless and collarless short jacket worn by men or women
- a man's sleeveless and collarless fitted jacket, often made of leather, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jerkin1
First recorded in 1510–20; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jerkin1
C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
His jerkin was trimmed with gold lace, which he gave to Sir Richard Pecksal, the high sheriff.
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He was endued with a buff jerkin, wore a broad belt and cutlass by his side, and carried a halberd in his hand.
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And there, in the hour of her extremity, her eye fell upon a young man in the crowd beneath, a youth in a 'prentice's blue jerkin.
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You will lay aside the princely scarlet, and don the curt hose and blue jerkin, even as now you stand.
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And the gay Franconian reached up and pulled a stray tag of Boris's jerkin, which hung down his back.
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