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What does the idiomatic expression loves to spin a yarn?
A yarn in slang is a story or tall tale. The image is of someone spinning yarn, only in this case the yarn is a story. Spinning a yarn is telling a tale. If someone loves spinning yarns, they love to tell stories, usually tall tales or funny stories.
What do cowboys call a story?
usually a yarn
A story about a memorable character- real or fictional?
A yarn.
What does the saying mean to embroider a yarn?
A yarn is a story or tall tale. If you embroider a tale, you embellish or add onto it.
What does to spin yarn mean?
Yarn is made of strands of wool twisted together - or spun, as they call it. That's all it means.However, to spin a yarn means to tell a story.
What does the cowboy slang 'yarn' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! A yarn was a story, typically a colorful one. The image is of the cowboy spinning his tale like you spin yarn.
Is yarn noun?
Yes, the word 'yarn' is a noun; a word for a spun fiber; a word for a long, implausible story; a word for a thing.
Can you add a third story to the apartment in kirby's epic yarn?
Yes
An informal story spun out in a casual way?
A yarn. Hence- "spun".
A person who tells an incredible story is often said to be spinning a what?
yarn
What does swapping a yarn for a yarn mean?
A "yarn" is a story or tall tale -- swapping yarns is when one of you tells a story and then the other one "swaps" by telling another one. Another type of yarn swapping is a party for knitting enthusiasts. Each participant brings yarn from her "stash" that she's decided she won't be using after all and people either trade for the yarn from other people's stashes, or play games to randomly assign a new owner for each skein contributed.
Is yarn a joke in Australia?
"Yarn" is another word for story or tale. In some countries it is also used as a synonym for joke, especially a long joke.
