merkin
/ˈməːkɪn
/noun
An artificial covering of hair for the pubic area.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....
- A merkin was popular during the 18th century, she said.
- 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.
Origin
Early 17th century: apparently a variant of dialect malkin, diminutive of Malde (early form of the given name Maud).
Rhymes
- live in sin
- live in the past
- live it up
- livelihead
- livelihood
- live like a king (or queen)
- live like a lord
- livelily
- liveliness
- live load
- livelong
- lively
- lively-looking
- liven
- livener
- liveness
- live oak
- live off (or on)
- live off (or on) the fat of the land
- live off the land
- live one
- live one's own life
- live on one's nerves (or one's nerve ends)
- live out of a suitcase
- liver