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Yarn   /jɑrn/   Listen
Yarn

noun
1.
The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events.  Synonyms: narration, recital.
2.
A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving.  Synonym: thread.
verb
1.
Tell or spin a yarn.



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"Yarn" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Bill o' Burnt Bay. "I'll lay you alongside the Black Eagle, Archie," he added, "an' you can have a little yarn with Skipper George." ...
— Billy Topsail & Company - A Story for Boys • Norman Duncan

... reckon as I could 'a' done much," Joe answered hopelessly. "What could a drunken choreman do anyways? Leastways the pore kid hadn't got no mother, an' I guess ther' wa'n't a blazin' soul around as she could yarn her troubles to. When she got fixed, I guess ther' wa'n't no one to put her right. And when things was hatchin', ther' wa'n't no one to give her warnin' but me. 'What is the trouble?' you ast," the little man went on gloomily. "Trouble? Wal, I'd smile. Ther' ain't nothin' but trouble ...
— The Night Riders - A Romance of Early Montana • Ridgwell Cullum

... (Fig. 62) are often completely covered with bright colored geometrical designs embroidered in trade yarn. This work, which is quite unlike the other decoration used by this people, was probably introduced along with trade yarn ...
— The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao - The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition • Fay-Cooper Cole

... up would in that case have been remote in the extreme, for although I have now been here for some months I have not sighted a single sail since I arrived here. And now, if you have no objection, I should like to hear your yarn." ...
— Dick Leslie's Luck - A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure • Harry Collingwood

... a grimace so much like his own, that it brought on a contest in which the yarn winding was laid aside for a time, while they stood before a mirror, each trying to outdo the other in making ...
— Mary Ware's Promised Land • Annie Fellows Johnston


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