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How to use tellin in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Tellin means a marine bivalve mollusc, of the genus Tellina, that burrows in the sand, from where it siphons detritus. Example: “I'm tellin' you man, it ain't gay to give a homie a brojob.”

More sentences with tellin

  • I'm tellin' you man, it ain't gay to give a homie a brojob.From the entry brojob
  • T'sat-nav's tellin uz to turn reight in a bit, an Aw'd liefer harken to summat Aw've paid for nor thy yammerin on i mi lughoils!From the entry reight
  • “You just asked for my speciality without me even tellin' you about it.2016, William W. Johnstone, Manhunt. From the entry querysome
  • "Mabby he won't be tellin' ye all, even if be is shtarted, " replied Mrs.2009, Charles Stewart, The Fugitive Blacksmith, page 162. From the entry mabby
  • It’s no wonder your whole family moved off without tellin you where they were goin.2000 December 26, William Gay, book 2, in Provinces of Night, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry shitass
  • I'm tellin' you the scholar, Bentham, made a banjax o' th' Will.1922, Seán O'Casey, Juno and the Paycock. From the entry banjax
  • "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back.1922, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate. From the entry telling
  • Is what I’m tellin’ your Island people.1994, Glyn Maxwell, Blue Burneau, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 33, 130, and 147–148. From the entry investigatress
  • Is what I’m tellin’ the Investigatress, right?1994, Glyn Maxwell, Blue Burneau, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 33, 130, and 147–148. From the entry investigatress
  • My other pop was tellin' me you could git a man with a thirty a whole heap farther than you could with any ole forty-four or them guns.1919, Hennry Herbert Knibbs, The Ridin' Kid from Powder River, page 16. From the entry thirty-thirty
  • 'French ain't a hurtin' me,' says I, 'it's my English, I guess their French is mostly like that Pasadena woman's Herman's wife was a tellin' me about.1912, Sara White Isaman, Sophisticating Uncle Hiram, page 223. From the entry languagist

Meaning of tellin

  1. noun A marine bivalve mollusc, of the genus Tellina, that burrows in the sand, from where it siphons detritus.

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Questions about tellin in a sentence

How do you use tellin in a sentence?
Tellin is used as a noun. For example: “I'm tellin' you man, it ain't gay to give a homie a brojob.”
What is a short sentence with tellin?
“Is what I’m tellin’ the Investigatress, right?”
What does tellin mean?
Tellin means a marine bivalve mollusc, of the genus Tellina, that burrows in the sand, from where it siphons detritus.

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