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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A pubic wig for women.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A wig; a tuft or portion of false hair added to the natural hair.
  2. n. A mop used in cleaning cannon.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women after shaving their pubic hair (originally to eliminate lice, etc.; now often as a fashion item).
  2. n. A mop for cleaning cannon.
  3. n. UK, slang, pejorative An American.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon.
  2. n. A patch of false hair, or something resembling hair, worn on a string over the female pudenda; -- used by stripteasers.
  3. n. slang The hair on the female pubic area.

Etymologies

  1. From the similar pronunciation to American. (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration of obsolete malkin, lower-class woman, mop, from Middle English, from Malkin, diminutive of the personal name Matilda. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. gerkin
  1. gurkin
  1. perkin
  1. peterkin

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  • reesetee That's firkin great! Dec 1, 2009

  • madmouth AAAND it's back from the 16th century, everyone! Nov 28, 2009

  • oroboros But not hairy U-s ("Fine, thanks! You?). Oct 21, 2008

  • reesetee Hairy Ss are especially annoying. ;-) Oct 21, 2008

  • Prolagus *thinks about an hairy alphabet, delighted* Oct 21, 2008

  • frogapplause Love your Google Ads, John.
    Effective solutions for M or F, huh? What about the rest of the hairy alphabet?
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    No more pubic hair. Ever.
    Maintain the smooth look and feel.
    Safe effective solution for M or F
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    Oct 21, 2008

  • frogapplause toupee of Venus. Oct 20, 2008

  • Prolagus Also: an artificial vagina.

    Oh, this obsessive distinction between nature and nurture. Jul 12, 2008

  • bilby That's made my weekend already. Jul 12, 2008

  • skipvia HA! (I've called him worse, though...) Jul 11, 2008

  • pterodactyl "Ah'm proud to be a merkin."

    --George W. Bush, as quoted on the TV show QI. Jul 11, 2008

  • chained_bear *is horrified to note that she is the one who added the definition in the first place* Jul 11, 2008

  • reesetee sashamd, I think you may appreciate a visit to the firkin page. :-) Sep 19, 2007

  • sashamd "female pudenda," 1535, apparently a variant of malkin (q.v.) in its sense of "mop." Meaning "artificial vagina or 'counterfeit hair for a woman's privy parts' " is attested from 1617. According to "The Oxford Companion to the Body," the custom of wearing merkins dates from c.1450, was associated with prostitutes, and was to disguise either pubic hair shaved off to exterminate body lice or evidence of venereal disease. Sep 19, 2007

  • reesetee I thought that was "mercan"? ;-) May 19, 2007

  • arby Ha! Isn't it also Australian slang for "American"? Might be spelled differently.

    signed,

    Too Lazy To Google May 18, 2007

  • chained_bear 1. An artificial covering of hair for the female pubic region; a pubic wig for women. Also: an artificial vagina.
    2. slang in later use. The female genitals (obsolete).
    3. malkin (obsolete). Usage: 1802 C. JAMES New Mil. Dict., "Merkin, a mop to clean cannon." Feb 16, 2007

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