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jerkins

jerkins is the plural of jerkin.

Meaning of jerkin

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.
    • [T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / In hosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest.1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto First. The Castle.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William...
  2. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
    • 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.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 32

Phrases with jerkins

Questions about jerkins

What is jerkins the plural of?
Jerkins is the plural of jerkin.

Words near jerkins in the dictionary

  1. jerking up
  2. jerkingly
  3. jerkings
  4. jerkinhead
  5. jerkinheads
  6. jerkins
  7. jerkish
  8. jerkishly
  9. jerkishness
  10. jerkism
  11. jerkitude

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