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What (who) is jerkin' - definition
jerkin'
MUSIC GENRE AND TYPE OF DANCE
Cool, neato, groovy, etc.
Jackie, your orange shoes are...jerkin'!
Jackie, your orange shoes are...jerkin'!
jerkin
![Jerkin worn by a British soldier at the [[Battle of the Somme]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture of jerkin.jpg?width=200 "Jerkin worn by a British soldier at the [[Battle of the Somme]]")
![[[Martin Frobisher]] wears his jerkin closed at the neck and open below, 1570s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin Frobisher by Ketel.jpg?width=200 "[[Martin Frobisher]] wears his jerkin closed at the neck and open below, 1570s.")
![[[Sir Walter Raleigh]] wears his jerkin closed at the waist, 1602. His son wears a similar garment.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WalterRaleighandson.jpg?width=200 "[[Sir Walter Raleigh]] wears his jerkin closed at the waist, 1602. His son wears a similar garment.")
![Guardsman's buff jerkin worn with a sash, c. 1639, from a painting by [[Frans Hals]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St_george_civic_guard_hals.jpg?width=200 "Guardsman's buff jerkin worn with a sash, c. 1639, from a painting by [[Frans Hals]].")
MEN'S JACKET, OFTEN SLEEVELESS, AND FREQUENTLY OF LEATHER, WORN OVER THE DOUBLET IN THE 16TH CENTURY
Jerkin (garment)
(jerkins)
A jerkin is a sleeveless jacket worn by men or women. (OLD-FASHIONED)
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Jerkin
MEN'S JACKET, OFTEN SLEEVELESS, AND FREQUENTLY OF LEATHER, WORN OVER THE DOUBLET IN THE 16TH CENTURY
Jerkin (garment)
·noun A male gyrfalcon.
II. Jerkin ·noun A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
Wikipedia
Jerkin'
| cultural_origins = Late 2000s; Inland Empire; Los Angeles, California
Examples of use of jerkin'
1. Now, they cannot cross a road without donning a sleeveless yellow Day–Glo jerkin.
2. Cheapness is one consideration and health and safety is doubtless the explanation for the embarrassing Day–Glo jerkin.
3. "Tip" O‘Neill called him "Hannibal Jerkin." After the White House, Jordan headed the Association of Tennis Professionals and was a marketing executive for Whittle Communications.
4. The belief that your whole life is going to be transformed by a pogo stick and a suede–effect waistcoat can survive almost anything, even the delivery of that sad cheap jerkin in a flat grey plastic bag that smelt of Eastern Europe.