WOW, central america has nooo clue what "jerkin" is. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
My jerkin is a doublet. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Gentlemen of Verona] Reference
With unrobed jerkin; and their good dames handling. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
Steen: jerkin and cap, 1-1/2 yards; cape, 2 yards. From Wordnik.com. [Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act] Reference
Holger: jerkin and cap, 1-1/2 yards; cape, 2 yards. From Wordnik.com. [Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act] Reference
He gave him a deerskin jerkin as a Christmas present. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
It was one of them who gave me my jerkin made of skins. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
He stood up, removed his jerkin, and put the waistcoat on. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
He wore a leather jerkin laced with crude plates of steel. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
Poor men came armed with pike and helmet and leather jerkin. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Missionary Heroes] Reference
"Ah, yes," said Elric thoughtfully, reaching into his jerkin. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortress of the Pearl]
Mogweed suddenly raised a hand and patted his leather jerkin. From Wordnik.com. [Wit'ch Storm]
Stephen his best dublett, his best jerkin and his best shoes, and to. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
He sprang up at once, and put on his jerkin and pulled on his shoes. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
The man with the leather jerkin was behind him, a knife in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
"Empty the jerkin," said Sir Henry, as he pointed to the man's jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
A leather jerkin sewn all over with steel discs strained around his bulk. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Rising]
Jonas went over to his pallet, removed his jerkin and shoes, and lay down. From Wordnik.com. [Wizard] Reference
But he was there, waiting, wearing a chain-mail shirt over a leather jerkin. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
It should not be too hard to find you a jerkin and a shirt that isn't so pretty. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hunt]
Helmet, jerkin, breeches, sandals, all have been cut from the same raw bull's hide!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859] Reference
His hand stole inside his jerkin, then beneath the shirt where the book was hidden. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Alleyn noticed that one or two hairs had fallen on the shoulders of his suede jerkin. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
Is it reasonable to suppose that a leather jerkin would be proof against their spears?. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
Slender and well-muscled, she wore a padded jerkin slashed to show its red silk lining. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortress of the Pearl]
"Who, pray, is Nanette?" asked the fool, thrusting his assailant's weapon in his jerkin. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
He is clad like his brother in comfortable but worn jerkin and hose of a dark leaf green. From Wordnik.com. [Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act] Reference
Marsa John says, his face gittin 'white an' he a-jerkin 'his handkerchief from his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
His jerkin was trimmed with gold lace, which he gave to Sir Richard Pecksal, the high sheriff. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Next to him went Kari; he had on a silken jerkin, a gilded helm and shield, and on it was drawn a lion. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
"The body and the mind are like a jerkin and a jerkin's lining, rumple the one and you rumple the other.". From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
His dress consists of a short coat or jerkin and tight-fitting breeches of some coarse stuff, perhaps leather. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
And for armour he had a rough jerkin, old and moth-eaten, and for arms he had a handful of sharp-pointed sticks of hard wood. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
"Take the garment, you harridan, not the man," he retorted, slipping deftly out of the jerkin and dancing away to a safe distance. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
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