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{
"etymology_text": "By metaphor from spinning fibers into yarn or thread, as for example at a spinning wheel.",
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},
{
"form": "spinning a yarn",
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},
{
"form": "spun a yarn",
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"ref": "1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 14, in Can You Forgive Her?",
"text": "Now I must tell you a little about myself;—or rather, I am inclined to spin a yarn, and tell you a great deal.",
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"To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched."
],
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"(idiomatic) To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched."
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "kertoa satuja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "sepittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "monter un bateau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "raconter des balivernes"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "raconter des salades"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "raconter des histoires"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tell a story",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bajać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tell a story",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sprzedać historię (komuś, a false one)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "about tall tales",
"sense": "tell a story",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opowiadać głodne kawałki"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rassusolivatʹ",
"sense": "tell a story",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рассусоливать"
}
]
}
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"word": "spin a yarn"
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"etymology_text": "By metaphor from spinning fibers into yarn or thread, as for example at a spinning wheel.",
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"singular",
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"ref": "1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 14, in Can You Forgive Her?",
"text": "Now I must tell you a little about myself;—or rather, I am inclined to spin a yarn, and tell you a great deal.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched."
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "kertoa satuja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "sepittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "monter un bateau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "raconter des balivernes"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "raconter des salades"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tell a story",
"word": "raconter des histoires"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tell a story",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bajać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tell a story",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sprzedać historię (komuś, a false one)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "about tall tales",
"sense": "tell a story",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opowiadać głodne kawałki"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rassusolivatʹ",
"sense": "tell a story",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рассусоливать"
}
],
"word": "spin a yarn"
}
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