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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of larn.

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Examples

  • Till he larns me that tune called "The Next Market Day."

    Market Day elena maria vidal 2009

  • She larns sewin 'and singin' and waitin 'on table and such like.

    Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Belle Kanaris Maniates

  • Later I larns dat most o 'de reffes [2] is put in James City, nigh New

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

  • "Pat," said his mother the next morning at breakfast, "what's that book you used to be studyin 'that larns you to talk roight?"

    The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Gulielma Zollinger

  • An 'afther awhile th' Boy Demostheens larns that while he's polishin 'off his ipigrams, an' ol 'guy, that spinds all his time sleepin' on a bench, is polishin 'him off.

    Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • Th 'raison is that in th' coorse iv his thrainin 'a lawyer larns enough about ivrything to make a good front on anny subject to annybody who doesn't know about it.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • Dogoned ef I wouldn't larn them jest one thing -- what them regler officers up to the Fort larns their dogs -- "to drap to shot," only in a different kind o 'way like; end, es fer their resarves, I say, give our farmers a chance -- let them locate!

    Tecumseh : a Drama Charles Mair 1882

  • You must know, Ruby, that we've got what they calls an hoccasional light-keeper ashore, who larns the work out 'ere in case any of us reg'lar keepers are took ill, so as' e can supply our place on short notice.

    The Lighthouse 1859

  • You must know, Ruby, that we've got what they calls an hoccasional light-keeper ashore, who larns the work out

    The Lighthouse 1859

  • I larns catechize every day, and you por trash don't.

    The Christian Slave: A Drama 1855

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