jerkin

English

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Etymology

Diminutive of Dutch jurk (“dress”)?

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdʒəːkɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)kɪn

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.
2. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 32:

     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.

Translations

close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves

• French: justaucorps (fr) m
• Spanish: chaleco (es) f

• Swedish: jacka (sv) c, tröja (sv) c

a sleeveless jacket, usually leather

• Scottish Gaelic: còta-geàrr (gd) m

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• Jèrriais: jèrtchîn m

• Spanish: jubón m

See also

• bodice
• doublet
• gherkin

Anagrams

• jinker