Question

yarn

Accepted Answer

2 [countable] informal a story of

adventures
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,

travels
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etc, usually made more

exciting
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and

interesting
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by adding things that never really happened The old captain would often spin (=tell) us a yarn about life aboard ship.

Yarn Countable Informal A Story Of Etc Made

yarn