larn
Britishverb
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facetious to learn
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(tr) to teach (someone) a lesson
that'll larn you!
Etymology
Origin of larn
C18: from a dialect form of learn
Example Sentences
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Fast as you larn thangs, you’ll be a-workin’ both sides of the aisle in no time.’
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
We gits dere and is give new clothes and shoes, de first ones I ever had on and it taken me a long time to larn to wear dem things on my feet.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
Ef you only larn how they think, you ken do anything with 'em.
From Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League by Armstrong, W. N.
Missy Mary try larn me read and write but I never did care for de book larnin'.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
I larn all I can in three year and quit and open a shop on Bayou Tortue, 'tween St. Martin and Lafayette.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
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