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Layered underneath is a jerkin, a close-fitting jacket, with a red horizontal brocade and doublet. — Liesl Bradner, latimes.com, "A rare chance to see this Rembrandt self-portrait, up close and personal," 10 Feb. 2018 Jerkins recently wrapped his first season as supervising music producer for the Fox television series Empire. — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, "R&B/Hip-Hop Briefs: Apple's Larry Jackson, Icon Clarence Avant to Be Honored; Rodney Jerkins Signs New Act," 9 June 2017 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, "A Protest Musical for the Trump Era," 20 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jerkin.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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