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Synonyms for yarn

Grammar : Noun
Spell : yahrn
Phonetic Transcription : yɑrn

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Définition of yarn

Origin :
  • Old English gearn "spun fiber," from Proto-Germanic *garnan (cf. Old Norse, Old High German, German garn, Middle Dutch gaern, Dutch garen "yarn"), from PIE root *ghere- "intestine, gut, entrail" (cf. Old Norse gorn "gut," Sanskrit hira "vein; entrails," Latin hernia "rupture," Greek khorde "intestine, gut-string," Lithuanian zarna "gut"). The phrase to spin a yarn "to tell a story" is first attested 1812, from a sailors' expression, on notion of telling stories while engaged in sedentary work such as yarn-twisting.
  • noun fiber for knitting
  • noun story, often long and made-up
Example sentences :
  • I say, Dirk, what do you s'pose all that yarn means about to-morrow night?
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • “That be damned for a yarn,” exclaimed the other in unfeigned astonishment.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • But what were the words he was singing, this yarn he was spinning in his song?
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The yarn from the ring frame, or mule, is wound in a large cop, or on a bobbin.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
  • The spindles, meanwhile, are revolving rapidly, spinning the yarn.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
  • I told you there was quite a yarn hitched to that smokin' business.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I'd told him the heft of the yarn on the way from the church, and he was interested.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • As I said, I've never told that yarn to anybody afore and I never meant to tell it.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The count was spinning a pigeon English yarn of how he'd fought a duel with rapiers.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And from now on this yarn has got to be more or less hearsay.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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