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单词 merkin
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Definition of merkin in English:

merkin

noun ˈməːkɪnˈmərkən
  • An artificial covering of hair for the pubic area.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I will be watching the results of the US elections with great interest - with a tub of hair removing wax on one side of me, and a chest merkin on the other.
    • A merkin was popular during the 18th century, she said.
    • But there is a time and a place for everything, just ask any canon-firing merkin wearer.
    • On the run from France for assorted crimes, he attaches himself, gargoyle-like, to the hotel as a year-round resident, and sets up shop in the town making hair adornments - from toupees to merkins to funeral jewellery.
    • The word merkin is one of the perpetual bad puns of the Internet.
    • When George stands up and says he is proud to be a merkin, we can believe him.
    • One can do no better than to paraphrase Ambrose Bierce upon his discovery of the merkin, and ask: how can such things be?
    • So, let's not focus on the fact that her cover outfit makes her look like she's wearing a merkin (look it up) or that her piercings get more attention than her vocal abilities.
    • The upper classes were not happy with their new bald pubic look and so the merkin was invented, a triangle of ‘real’ fur that they stuck ‘down there’ to hide their embarrassment.
    • It's also the only film, as far as I know, to feature a merkin.
    • She asked me if I want my pubes shaved but we decided on a bright red merkin, in a heart shape.
    • What to wear: well, a pink dress and a merkin does wonders for one's public image; trust me.
    • All you girls with this sort of hairstyle look as if you're wearing an overlarge blonde merkin over your unwashed brunette locks.
    • People were starting to get over the fact that I was an eight-foot tall merkin and I think, more than anything else, I have drugs to thank for that.
    • In trying to find a definitive explanation/the origin of merkin, this is prob the best reference.
    • For example, if a particular designer was contracted to do all of Julia's merkins for her latest movie, that designer might very well get a special credit in the film notes.
    • All those trendy stores on St-Laurent should have merkins in their windows.

Origin

Early 17th century: apparently a variant of dialect malkin, diminutive of Malde (early form of the given name Maud).

Rhymes

firkin, gherkin, jerkin, Perkin
 
 

Definition of merkin in US English:

merkin

nounˈmərkən
  • An artificial covering of hair for the pubic area.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So, let's not focus on the fact that her cover outfit makes her look like she's wearing a merkin (look it up) or that her piercings get more attention than her vocal abilities.
    • What to wear: well, a pink dress and a merkin does wonders for one's public image; trust me.
    • On the run from France for assorted crimes, he attaches himself, gargoyle-like, to the hotel as a year-round resident, and sets up shop in the town making hair adornments - from toupees to merkins to funeral jewellery.
    • For example, if a particular designer was contracted to do all of Julia's merkins for her latest movie, that designer might very well get a special credit in the film notes.
    • The word merkin is one of the perpetual bad puns of the Internet.
    • All those trendy stores on St-Laurent should have merkins in their windows.
    • I will be watching the results of the US elections with great interest - with a tub of hair removing wax on one side of me, and a chest merkin on the other.
    • The upper classes were not happy with their new bald pubic look and so the merkin was invented, a triangle of ‘real’ fur that they stuck ‘down there’ to hide their embarrassment.
    • It's also the only film, as far as I know, to feature a merkin.
    • One can do no better than to paraphrase Ambrose Bierce upon his discovery of the merkin, and ask: how can such things be?
    • People were starting to get over the fact that I was an eight-foot tall merkin and I think, more than anything else, I have drugs to thank for that.
    • When George stands up and says he is proud to be a merkin, we can believe him.
    • She asked me if I want my pubes shaved but we decided on a bright red merkin, in a heart shape.
    • A merkin was popular during the 18th century, she said.
    • All you girls with this sort of hairstyle look as if you're wearing an overlarge blonde merkin over your unwashed brunette locks.
    • In trying to find a definitive explanation/the origin of merkin, this is prob the best reference.
    • But there is a time and a place for everything, just ask any canon-firing merkin wearer.

Origin

Early 17th century: apparently a variant of dialect malkin, diminutive of Malde (early form of the given name Maud).

 
 
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