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to spin yarns (

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  • spin a yarn — {v. phr.} To tell a story of adventure with some exaggeration mixed in; embellish and protract such a tale. * /Uncle Fred, who used be a sailor, knows how to spin a fascinating yarn, but don t always believe everything he says./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • spin a yarn — {v. phr.} To tell a story of adventure with some exaggeration mixed in; embellish and protract such a tale. * /Uncle Fred, who used be a sailor, knows how to spin a fascinating yarn, but don t always believe everything he says./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • spin|ner — «SPIHN uhr», noun. 1. a person, animal, or thing that spins: »Figurative. I am a spinner of long yarns (Hawthorne). 2. a revolving hook or lure, especially a spoon, used in trolling or casting. 3. a football maneuver or play in which the player… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spin — I. verb (spun; spinning) Etymology: Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan; akin to Old High German spinnan to spin and perhaps to Lithuanian spęsti to set (a trap) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to draw out and twist… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • spin — v. & n. v. (spinning; past and past part. spun) 1 intr. & tr. turn or cause (a person or thing) to turn or whirl round quickly. 2 tr. (also absol.) a draw out and twist (wool, cotton, etc.) into threads. b make (yarn) in this way. c make a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Open end spinning — or open end spinning is a technology for creating yarn without using a spindle. It was invented and developed in Czechoslovakia in Výzkumný ústav bavlnářský / Cotton Researching Institute in Ústí nad Orlicí in the year 1963. It is also known as… …   Wikipedia

  • staple fiber — noun a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn staple fibers vary widely in length • Syn: ↑staple, ↑staple fibre • Hypernyms: ↑natural fiber, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Gaius Baltar — Battlestar Galactica character James Callis as Gaius Baltar First appearance Miniseries …   Wikipedia

  • Long John Nebel — (born John Zimmerman) (June 11, 1911 – April 10, 1978) was an influential New York City talk radio show host.From the mid 1950s until his death in 1978, Nebel was a hugely popular all night radio host, with millions of regular listeners and what… …   Wikipedia

  • Edwin Taylor Pollock — Infobox Military Person name=Edwin Taylor Pollock lived= birth date|1870|10|25ndash death date and age|1943|6|4|1870|10|25 placeofbirth=Mount Gilead, Ohio placeofdeath=Washington, DC caption=Capt. Pollock as Superintendent of the U. S. Naval… …   Wikipedia

  • George St. Leger Grenfell — (May 30, 1808 ndash; March 1868?) was a British soldier of fortune who claimed to have fought in Algeria, in Morocco against the Barbary pirates, under Garibaldi in South America, in the Crimean War, and in the Sepoy Mutiny. Immigrating to the… …   Wikipedia

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