Definitions
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- verb Northern England especially (Geordie) To
teach or tolearn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb gain knowledge or skills
Etymologies
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Examples
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I ain't a teetotaler, nohow; but I never touches a drop o 'licker from the time I sots foot aboard ship till I treads land ag'in -- an' what I does, every man Jack o 'my crew shall do ditto, or I'll know an' larn 'em the reason why, you bet!
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No boy was ever prouder of a university scholarship than Jake was of that chance to "larn" in the little mountain schoolhouse.
"Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues Wade C. Smith
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"Would Mr. Barrow 'larn' him"; so Graham buckled to for over an hour.
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Katherine Mary Barrow
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An 'in wi' tham tha 'tork ma' larn'ge an 'resp'ct ma.
Guy Fawkes' blog 2009
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You slap de law onter a nigger a time er two, an 'larn' im dat he's got fer to look atter his own rashuns an 'keep out'n udder fokes's chick'n-coops, an' sorter coax 'im inter de idee dat he's got ter feed' is own chilluns, an 'I be blessed ef you ain't got' im on risin 'groun'.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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You slap de law onter a nigger a time er two, an 'larn' im dat he's got fer to look after his own rashuns an 'keep out'n udder fokes's chick'n-coops, an' sorter coax 'im inter de idee dat he's got ter feed' is own chilluns, an 'I be blessed ef you ain't got' im on risin 'groun'.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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"We will 'larn' you to try and be too smart with the Frontier Boys.
Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power Wyn Roosevelt
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Hey, The black spider; youse guys need to larn tu spell, heh heh – you going over there b4 you no
First on the CNN Ticker: Florida senator to resign seat 2009
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My beef with Boee is what others are saying – there are no links to outside content that are readily visible to the user – one really must dig in and larn the interface – which is entirely UNLIKE Apple TV.
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June 7, 2009 at 8:15 pm und larn 2 tell tyme, too!
no body move… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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