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1spin 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./ …
2spin 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./ …
3spin|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… …
4spin — 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… …
5spin — 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… …
6Open 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… …
7staple 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, ↑ …
8Gaius Baltar — Battlestar Galactica character James Callis as Gaius Baltar First appearance Miniseries …
9Long 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… …
10Edwin 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… …
