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Spun yarn   /spən jɑrn/   Listen
Spun yarn

noun
1.
(nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together.





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"Spun yarn" Quotes from Famous Books



... girl who lived with her mother in a small house in the woods. They were very poor, for the father had gone away to dig gold, and did not come back; so they had to work hard to get food to eat and clothes to wear. The mother spun yarn when she was able, for she was often sick, and Rosy did all she could to help. She milked the red cow and fed the hens; dug the garden, and went to town to sell the ...
— The Louisa Alcott Reader - A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School • Louisa M. Alcott


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