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Yarn-spinning   /jɑrn-spˈɪnɪŋ/   Listen
Yarn-spinning

adjective
1.
Inclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings).






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"Yarn-spinning" Quotes from Famous Books



... glad to see, including even that of Captain Flinn, whose ship, the "Artemise," happened to be in port at the time, and little Fisher, who had recovered in a most marvellous manner from his dreadful wounds. There was a great deal of yarn-spinning, some capital singing, and a great deal of wine-drinking, too, on the part of one or two of the guests, notwithstanding which latter drawback we spent a very ...
— Under the Meteor Flag - Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War • Harry Collingwood



Words linked to "Yarn-spinning" :   communicatory, communicative



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