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Post by TankTop on Feb 24, 2015 0:42:20 GMT
Jerkin
It's a noun.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Feb 24, 2015 0:42:51 GMT
yes..is that bad?
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Post by elaine on Feb 24, 2015 0:44:28 GMT
Leather vest usually worn by men in olden times? (Edited to change period to question mark, in case I'm wrong. I didn't look it up, so I could very well be wrong)
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Post by TankTop on Feb 24, 2015 0:44:58 GMT
Can I ask how you know? Like, what context?
My students and I came across this word in some poetry work we were doing today. None of us had ever heard of it before.
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 24, 2015 0:47:06 GMT
Haven't looked it up, but agree it is a men's historical clothing item, often made of leather.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Feb 24, 2015 0:47:41 GMT
Yes. I do historical reenactment and costuming.
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Post by elaine on Feb 24, 2015 0:48:29 GMT
I don't know exactly where I first came across it, but I was very involved in the Renaissance Faire in CA in high school and college. I t could have been there. I also started reading Shakespeare in 9th grade and have read quite a bit of his plays - I wouldn't be surprised if it were used in his work. I like literature from and about that period.
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Post by TankTop on Feb 24, 2015 0:49:16 GMT
Interesting.
It was used in a list of synonyms like this:
Coat, jacket, jerkin, parka, etc...
My students thought it was oh so hilarious to tell one another to zip their jerkins at the end of the day.
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Post by TankTop on Feb 24, 2015 0:51:53 GMT
I feel very sheltered now! Lol!
So, in the list of words given to the kids it was used incorrectly. It is not really a coat.
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Post by purplebee on Feb 24, 2015 0:52:17 GMT
Yep, knew the word from reading. Think that leather jerkins were mentioned in the Lord of The Rings Series which I read as a young teen, as part of the Hobbits' attire.
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Post by mama2three on Feb 24, 2015 0:52:59 GMT
Yes. But I read a lot of historical fiction and took a lot of history classes in college
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Post by stampbooker on Feb 24, 2015 0:53:47 GMT
Since it is a man's close fitting jacket or vest, I don't think it is bad that anyone would know. So, what did you think it was?  Julie |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Feb 24, 2015 0:53:51 GMT
I was going to guess a male version of a merkin!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 1:06:49 GMT
I feel very sheltered now! Lol! So, in the list of words given to the kids it was used incorrectly. It is not really a coat. I would class it more as a "vest" since it is generally sleeveless... but it can have sleeves so it could be more coat like than a vest. On the other hand my dad has a down filled vest he wears when it is quite cool. It keeps his body warm. He doesn't feel the cold as much on his arms and likes the freedom of arm movement he has wearing it instead of a regular down coat. So I'd say the word is ok in the list. Not really right but not really wrong either. |
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Post by scrapsotime on Feb 24, 2015 1:10:35 GMT
Yes, I knew what it was.
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Post by alittleintrepid on Feb 24, 2015 1:16:43 GMT
Sometimes I'm quite certain there's a jerkin in the curtain. - Dr. Seuss
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Post by anxiousmom on Feb 24, 2015 1:22:30 GMT
Yes, but I keep a list of words I want to look up while I am reading, so somewhere along the line, I must have looked it up. I read a lot, and subsequently, look up a lot of words I don't know.  |
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Post by caro on Feb 24, 2015 1:22:36 GMT
The opposite of twerkin?
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Post by Judy26 on Feb 24, 2015 1:22:51 GMT
I know from playing one of those hidden object games on my IPad. Damn! Does this mean I have to stop telling my students to put their phones away when they are gaming during study hall because it's not educational?
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Post by Sue on Feb 24, 2015 1:24:24 GMT
Yup.. I know what it is from reading way too many historical romance novels when I was a teenager!
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Post by elaine on Feb 24, 2015 1:25:22 GMT
I know from playing one of those hidden object games on my IPad. Damn! Does this mean I have to stop telling my students to put their phones away when they are gaming during study hall because it's not educational? LOL! |
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Post by lucyg on Feb 24, 2015 1:27:36 GMT
Yup, from reading historical non-fiction and also novels, both romance and non.  |
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Post by jenjie on Feb 24, 2015 1:49:19 GMT
Not a gherkin? Pickle? Just kidding I knew it was an article of clothing. Old fashioned.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 24, 2015 2:17:02 GMT
Yes, I've read plenty of historical books both fact based and fictional. I've seen the word in that context.
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Post by Nicole in TX on Feb 24, 2015 2:17:42 GMT
I know gerkin and merkin, but not jerkin.
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Post by lesley on Feb 24, 2015 2:18:23 GMT
My dad used to refer to a zip-up jacket he wore as a jerkin. I haven't heard this word in years!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 24, 2015 2:26:46 GMT
a type of shirt or blouse? I think I've seen the word in historical novels; maybe made out of leather? I might have read it in LOTR, but more likely I saw it in bodice-ripper romances...  |
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Post by leigh on Feb 24, 2015 2:43:03 GMT
I was going to guess a male version of a merkin! Me too! lol! |
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Post by GiantsFan on Feb 24, 2015 2:48:20 GMT
I'll admit it. I had no idea and I've read a lot of historical fiction, non-fiction and romances!
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Post by cindyupnorth on Feb 24, 2015 3:05:44 GMT
"Since it is a man's close fitting jacket or vest, I don't think it is bad that anyone would know.
So, what did you think it was?"
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No, that's what I thought it was, but thought maybe knowing what it was would make me some sort of old clothing nerd. ha.
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