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yarn
noun as in fiber for knitting
noun as in story, often long and made-up
Example Sentences
During their first class they chose the legend of Baby Blue — a time-worn grade-school yarn about a ghost named Baby Blue who appears if you say her name three times in a row.
A shoemaker in town constructed the ball out of double-twisted woolen yarn, covered in calf’s skin.
Sarah is an avid crafts enthusiast, with an abundance of yarn, beads and other art materials in her home.
The web of their lives “is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together,” to filch from Shakespeare, and Venable combines virtues and vices in unexpected patterns.
You certainly don’t have to be a deeply invested cinephile to fall hard for this yarn, because the performances and visuals are captivating in themselves.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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