Merkin

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    American. British, derogatory, slang

    "[P]robably a merkin reference which it is expected that the rest of the world will understand?"

Noun
  1. 1
    A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic hair to eliminate lice or for other reasons, now often as a fashion item.

    "... his penis squashed invisible under a flesh-colored leather jockstrap, over which he wears a false cunt and merkin of sable both handcrafted in Berlin by the notorious Mme. Ophir, the mock labia and bright purple clitoris molded of — Madame had been abject, pleading shortage — synthetic rubber and Mipolam, the new polyvinyl chloride..."

  2. 2
    An American. British, derogatory, slang

    "For all you non-'merkins: Most 'merkins are idiots, just like the residents of your country. See, most people are idiots. We just have idiots with a higher average income than you do, so they can afford to be better cretins."

  3. 3
    A cannibalistic tribe native to the Cape York Peninsula.

    "How he envied the Merkin people who could live in such bungalows! Yet for most of the year the bungalows were empty, with doors padlocked and windows shuttered. It was only during the "hill season," the two or three months between the northeast and the southwest monsoons, that the Merkin people left their homes and schools and missions on the plains and came to the hills to escape the heat."

  4. 4
    A mop for cleaning cannon.
  5. 5
    The male counterpart of a beard, a companion to a lesbian to feign her straightness. slang

    "Well, I seem to recall Tori and Patrick being seen together, and a reference in People comes to mind, with a photo attached. I'm not for sure that Patrick is completely gay, but he's at least bi according to a person I know with first hand experience. Perhaps we have a dual merkin-beard relationship here, eh?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

1617, probably a variant form of malkin, from Malde + -kin.

Etymology 2

Representing an aphetic pronunciation of American.

Etymology 3

Representing an aphetic pronunciation of American.

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