jerkin
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kɪn noun
a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Origin:
1510–20; origin uncertain
1510–20; origin uncertain
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| —n | |
| 1. | a sleeveless and collarless short jacket worn by men or women |
| 2. | a man's sleeveless and collarless fitted jacket, often made of leather, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| [C16: of unknown origin] | |
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Jerkin
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
jerkin
1519, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Du. jurk "a frock," but this is a modern word, itself of unknown origin.
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Example sentences
And his nakedness is ofttimes so much, as many times a leather jerkin gashed serves him at once for a shirt and ornament.
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