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00:00Spin a yarn. Spin a yarn means to tell a really long, fun, and interesting story.
00:09Spinning was just a yarn, spinning for our entertainment.
00:12Heck, my grandma used to spin yarns about a spectral locomotive.
00:16Ah man, dad should really be out here spinning yarn.
00:19You people sure spin some crazy yarns.
00:22You spin quite a yarn, father.
00:26Originally a nautical term dating from about 1800,
00:30this expression probably owes its life to the fact that it embodies a double meaning.
00:35Yarn signifying both spun fiber and a tail.