Meaning & use
Yarning
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Telling stories or chatting in a relaxed, informal way, especially in Australian and British English.
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The old fishermen spent the afternoon yarning about their biggest catches.
We sat around the campfire yarning until well past midnight.
A note on using this word
Comes from "spin a yarn," an old nautical expression for telling a long, often exaggerated story.
Words with a similar meaning
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