yarning

Verb

yarn (third-person singular simple present yarns, present participle yarning, simple past and past participle yarned)

1. (intransitive) To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.
   • "He yarns good," said Tom Platt. "T'other night he told us abaout a kid of his own size steerin' a cunnin' little rig an' four ponies up an' down Toledo, Ohio, I think 'twas, an' givin' suppers to a crowd o' sim'lar kids. Cur'us kind o' fairy-tale, but blame interestin'. He knows scores of 'em."1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

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