Definitions
tell or spin a yarn
Word origin
From Middle English yarne, ȝern, yarn, from the Old English ġearn (“yarn, spun wool”), from Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną (“yarn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰerH- (“tharm, guts, intestines”).
Used in a sentence
“spin a yarn”
“"I'm hanged if I know how you've got the immortal rind to come at me with a yarn like this."”
“Statistically, this person is also likely to be male and well off, but more essentially this person wants to be educated, to be obsessed, wants more than just a good yarn.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Knitting material”4 letters
02“Knitting thread”4 letters
03“Knitting thread or tale”4 letters
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