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Definition of Jirkinet
1. Noun. (context: w:Robert Burns Robert Burns) An outer jacket or jerkin worn by women. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jirkinet
1. a woman's bodice [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jirkinet
Literary usage of Jirkinet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"jirkinet [dim. of jerkin, a kind of jacket or bodice worn by women]. My Lord
thinks meikle mair upon't. ..."
2. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) by Robert Burns (1886)
"... and jirkinet. Jimpy, neatly, so as to be slender. Sae jimpy lac'd her genty
waist. ... jirkinet, an outer jacket or jerkin •worn by women. ..."
3. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"... and jirkinet, My lord thinks meikle mair upon 't. My lord a-hunting he is
gane, But hounds or hawks wi' him are nane ; By Colin's cottage lies his game, ..."
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