Jerkin

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(/ˈdʒəːkɪn/)
Noun

1. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather
2. A type of men’s garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.

… There wasn’t one capable or inspiring person in the infamous “Clown Car” lineup. All 16 of the non-Trump entrants were dunces, religious zealots, wimps or tyrants, all equally out of touch with voters. Scott Walker was a lipless sadist who in centuries past would have worn a leather jerkin and thrown dogs off the castle walls for recreation. Marco Rubio was the young rake with debts. Jeb Bush was the last offering in a fast-diminishing hereditary line. Ted Cruz was the Zodiac Killer. And so on.

From the post: Win or lose, Donald Trump has forever changed the American political system
Source: The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump (rollingstone.com)