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"perkin" Definition

  1. beer. Dandy or affected shortening of the widely-known firm, Barclay and Perkins.

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Position in the dictionary: 2565 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: perpendicular, persuaders, pesky, peter, peter funk, peter grievous, petticoat, pewter, philadelphia-lawyer, philander
Previous words in the dictionary: perform, perch, pepper-boxes, pepper, pen’orth, pensioner, penny-a-liner, penny starver, penny gaff, penny dreadfuls

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