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
When I was young, like you, I had no one to teach me manners—except the world; and it did larn me some.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.
The born fool’s got to do fool’s work all the time: but the others larn; and the brave man with brains ’s got a big pull.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
She couldn't larn nothin' out a book but was kinder and more friendly like than the rest of the lot.
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
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
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