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Perkin vs Jerkin - What's the difference?

perkin | jerkin |

As nouns the difference between perkin and jerkin

is that perkin is a kind of weak perry while jerkin is a type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.

perkin

English

Noun

  • A kind of weak perry.
    • (Webster 1913)

    jerkin

    English

    (wikipedia jerkin)

    Etymology 1

    Diminutive of (etyl) ?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
  • 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 coupĂ© off around the corner and came back walking, his glistening black hair plastered with rain.

    • See also

    * bodice * doublet * gherkin

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)

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