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Definition of Jerkins
1. jerkin [n] - See also: jerkin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerkins
Literary usage of Jerkins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"... accompanying nether habiliments, and on no account to allow them to exhibit
themselves in togas, or in slashed jerkins ' with the sleeves curiously cut. ..."
2. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"... and with jerkins j Gascoigne has a long poem in the ottava rima measure,
extending to 207 stanzas, in which he describes scenes in the Dutch war, ..."
3. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"... of about forty yards. trippings or jerkins for a cote : and if Ihe turneth
not quite about fhe only ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"It Is alleged that this telegram could have been delivered by ordinary diligence
within 15 minutes after the receipt thereof to Dr. jerkins, the addressee, ..."
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