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Definition of Merkins
1. merkin [n] - See also: merkin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merkins
Literary usage of Merkins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated (1870)
"I wonder where they got such tempers—from the merkins' side, of course. ...
I do not think Mr. merkins will have another chance very soon of enjoying those ..."
2. Remarks by Bill Nye by Bill Nye (1886)
"I have put in a long and exhausting day in the court to-day in the case of merkins
vs. merkins, a suit for divorce in which I am the counsel for'the ..."
3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1886)
"The plaintiff was riding, with his four nieces, in a coach owned by one merkins,
and driven by a driver who was employed by merkins. ..."
4. American Negligence Cases: A Complete Collection of All Reported Negligence (1902)
"The plaintiff was riding, with his four nieces, in a coach owned by one merkins,
and driven by a driver who was employed by merkins. ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1857)
"Eli merkins, a mile and a quarter from Frankford, Philadelphia. The seedling from
which the grafts were obtained, Mr. merkins found, four years ago, ..."
6. The Old Book Collector's Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Readable Reprints by Charles Hindley (1872)
"... of the gallants and the merkins of the madames." " Why dost thou reach thy
merkin, now half dust ? Why dost provoke the ashes of thy lust ? ..."
7. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1857)
"Specimens of this new variety were received from Mr. Robert Cornelius, who procured
them from a grafted tree on the premises of Mr. Eli merkins, a mile and ..."
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