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yarn
noun- a story, an adventure story, especially a long, marvellous or incredible story UK, 1812
Of nautical origin; from “spin a yarn” (to tell such a story). - — Michael Palin and Terry Jones, Ripping Yarns, 1976–79
- a chat, a talk, a conversation AUSTRALIA, 1852
- He drops in at other chaps’ camps for a yarn or to give them a hand and see if their bees are in good heart. — Kylie Tennant, The Honey Flow, p. 12, 1956
- Always had him up for a ding-dong yarn when he blew in here. — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 218, 1962
- Walk around on a playing day and have a yarn with the usual “suspects”. — BBCi Wear, 15 May 2003
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