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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JERKIN, n.1 Also jirkin and dims. jerkie, jerkenet, jirkinet(t).

1. A kind of bodice formerly worn by women; a “substitute for stays, without whalebone” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.).Sc. 1725 W. Thomson Orpheus Caled. (1733) II. 99:
A Jerkenet, scarce worth a Louse.
Ayr. 1787 Burns My Lord a-hunting Chorus:
Jenny's jimps and jirkinet.
Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 74:
Till out some bonny lassie pop'd, In jerkin white like driven snaw.

2. A close-fitting blouse with short sleeves “still worn by some dairymen” (Kcb.10 1948, jerkie; Gall. 1959).

[Extended meaning of Eng. jerkin. O.Sc. has girkin coit, 1529, girkienet, c.1689.]

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