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green jerkin

green jerkin noun: a person who wears a green jerkin, a type of close-fitting, sleeveless jacket worn during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Noun

green jerkin (countable and uncountable, plural green jerkins)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A person who wears a green jerkin, a type of close-fitting, sleeveless jacket worn during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
  2. (obsolete) A forester.

Forms of green jerkin

pluralgreen jerkins

Questions about green jerkin

What does green jerkin mean?
Green jerkin means a person who wears a green jerkin, a type of close-fitting, sleeveless jacket worn during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
What part of speech is green jerkin?
Green jerkin is a noun.
What is the plural of green jerkin?
The plural of green jerkin is green jerkins.

Words near green jerkin in the dictionary

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  2. Green Jackets
  3. green jaundice
  4. green jay
  5. green jays
  6. green jerkin
  7. green jerkins
  8. green jersey
  9. green jerseys
  10. green jobfish
  11. green jobfishes

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