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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
11-Apr-07 - 02:18 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Smerkin mekin, old English -translation?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Smerkin mekin, old English -translation?
OED-
Merkin
1. a woman's pudendum. First in print, 16th c.
2. Counterfeit hair for a woman's privy parts. Grose, 1796; Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (taken from Bailey's Dictionary).
(a variant of malkin as noted by MMario)

Smerkin-
Smiling or smirking