yawner
[ yaw-ner ]
/ ˈyɔ nər /
noun
a person who yawns.
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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?
"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?
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Example sentences from the Web for yawner
Some were busy at arithmetic, while, every moment, whack went the rod upon the crown of the idler or yawner.
If he attempts to take some of our big banked bullfinches in his stride, with a yawner on each side, will get into grief.'
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