Definition of jerkin
: a close-fitting hip-length usually sleeveless jacket
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Jerkins recently wrapped his first season as supervising music producer for the Fox television series Empire.
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Lampert goes through more costume changes than Lady Gaga at the Super Bowl: a leather motorcycle jacket, a skintight chain-mail shirt, a shiny armored jerkin.
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Origin and Etymology of jerkin
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: a type of short jacket that has no sleeves and that was worn in the past
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