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- noun Plural form of
yarn . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
yarn .
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Examples
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I feel your interest, and I know you are interested in yarns from the front; and I only wish you were not so busy, and that my voice could ramble on and on, and I could tell you many more instances; but I trust that now you have made me a member of your Club there may be an opportunity of coming back to Toronto again during the next few months, perhaps not as an invited guest, but as one of your own members, and be able to spend a few more moments with you some evening as pleasantly as I have today.
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So perhaps my knitter's obsession with flecked yarns is not simply an addiction, but is rooted in a deeper artistic vision: that of the greater beauty of delicately trembling variety.
Archive 2009-05-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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So perhaps my knitter's obsession with flecked yarns is not simply an addiction, but is rooted in a deeper artistic vision: that of the greater beauty of delicately trembling variety.
Drunk On Color Heather McDougal 2009
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Defendant manufactured certain yarns that were labeled as containing cashmere, but their cashmere content was allegedly below that labeled or even nonexistent.
Archive 2009-01-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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But issues are easier to revisit and spin yarns about than not having issues.
Review: Captain America - Reborn #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Reliable information was at a premium; there was no verifying or disproving of rumors and yarns from the East.
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The sky will also be covered in yarns, but the sea will be beaded.
Bits and pieces (my favourite blog headline!) katelnorth 2007
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The sky will also be covered in yarns, but the sea will be beaded.
Archive 2007-07-01 katelnorth 2007
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Some of you very pragmatic people still think that maybe I spin yarns of a fairy tale.
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Iain Banks gets a lot of praise for his "literature" novels, but Iain M Banks still writes "yarns" - good at what they are, well-told, but somehow lesser.
MIND MELD: What You Should Know About Speculative Fiction and Mainstream Acceptance (Part 1) 2009
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