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perkin

perkin noun: a kind of weak perry.

Noun

perkin

  1. (archaic) A kind of weak perry.

Proper noun capitalized: Perkin

Perkin (plural Perkins)

  1. A surname.

Forms of perkin

pluralPerkins

Origin of perkin

See -kin, and compare ciderkin.

Variant of Parkin.

Words formed from perkin

Questions about perkin

What does perkin mean?
Perkin means a kind of weak perry.
What part of speech is perkin?
Perkin can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near perkin in the dictionary

  1. Perkeys
  2. perkier
  3. perkies
  4. perkiest
  5. perkily
  6. perkin
  7. Perkin's mauve
  8. Perkin's purple
  9. perkiness
  10. perkinesses
  11. perking

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