Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†JERKIN, n.2 A kind of picnic or gathering frequented by Irish labourers (Dmf. 1825 Jam.).Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 282:
A poor woman, such as a widow, gets some tea and whisky; she then awakens the country to her meaning: some fling in the mite to her jerkins, but go not thither, as jerkins are truly meetings of the low vulgar.
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