Examples of jerkin in a Sentence
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The star of the painting is the guard’s captain, Michiel de Wael, who wears a yellow jerkin with an icy-blue sash in the foreground.
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Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
Towering above a river in his jerkin and waders, fly cast, cigar firmly in mouth, was a good way to ruminate on big decisions.
—The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
Roof styles included a mix of gable, hip, gambrel and jerkin-head.
—Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2019
His technical skill can be seen in the slight fringe at the hem of the boy’s jerkin, which is stretched taut across his frame and held together by small hooks on his left side, and in the clarity of the characters inscribed on the garment’s trim.
—Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Layered underneath is a jerkin, a close-fitting jacket, with a red horizontal brocade and doublet.
—Liesl Bradner, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
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.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
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Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
Towering above a river in his jerkin and waders, fly cast, cigar firmly in mouth, was a good way to ruminate on big decisions.
—The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
Roof styles included a mix of gable, hip, gambrel and jerkin-head.
—Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2019
His technical skill can be seen in the slight fringe at the hem of the boy’s jerkin, which is stretched taut across his frame and held together by small hooks on his left side, and in the clarity of the characters inscribed on the garment’s trim.
—Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Layered underneath is a jerkin, a close-fitting jacket, with a red horizontal brocade and doublet.
—Liesl Bradner, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
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.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
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First Known Use
1519, in the meaning defined above
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“Jerkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jerkin. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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jerkin
noun
jer·kin
ˈjər-kən 
: a close-fitting hip-length sleeveless jacket
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