yawner

[yaw-ner]

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noun

Origin of yawner

First recorded in 1680–90; yawn + -er¹

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Related Words for yawner

mundane, humdrum, drab, banal, everyday, workaday, tedious, onerous, laborious, monotonous, tired, boring, tiring, exhausting, annoying, uninteresting, dull, ho-hum, ponderous, unimpressed

Examples from the Web for yawner

Historical Examples of yawner

Some were busy at arithmetic, while, every moment, whack went the rod upon the crown of the idler or yawner.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Various
If he attempts to take some of our big banked bullfinches in his stride, with a yawner on each side, will get into grief.'
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
R. S. Surtees

Word Origin and History for yawner

n.

1680s, agent noun from yawn (v.). Meaning "boring thing" is 1942, American English colloquial (yawn in this sense is attested from 1889).

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