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noun

Yarn n.

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.

(Rope Making) One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn. (Colloq.)

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"Yarn" Quotes from Famous Books

... grown. Aunt Joe is a fine cook. Miss Cornelia learnt her how. I could learned to played too but I didn't want to. I wanted to knit and crochet and sew. Miss Cornelia said that was my talent. I made wrist warmers and lace. Sister Mary would spin. She spun yarn and cotton thread. They made feather beds. Picked the geese and sheared the sheep. I got my ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration

... his yarn. For a time no one spoke. Outside, the volume of rain was subsiding. Windy Bill reported a few stars shining through rifts in the showers. The chill that precedes the dawn brought us as close to the fire as ...

— Arizona Nights • Stewart Edward White

... said Bill o' Burnt Bay. "I'll lay you alongside the Black Eagle, Archie," he added, "an' you can have a little yarn ...

— Billy Topsail & Company - A Story for Boys • Norman Duncan

... we can easily spin a yarn to the rest," said Garnett more cheerfully. "In the meantime let's go and get something to eat. ...

— Afterwards • Kathlyn Rhodes

... stranger, when casting his eye over the town of Ballytrain, on his way to have an interview with Birney, who, we may as well observe, was in his confidence, perceived that it was market-day. As he went out upon the street, a crowd of persons were standing opposite the inn door, where an extensive yarn market, in these good old times, was always held; and we need scarcely say that his gentlemanly and noble figure, and the striking elegance of his manner, at ...

— The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton

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