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jer·kin (jʉr′kin)

noun

a short, closefitting jacket, often sleeveless, or a vest, of a kind worn in the 16th and 17th cent.

Etymology: < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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