Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
yarn ;coarse ,ropelike .
Etymologies
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yarn + -like
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Examples
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She leaned over to look, catching the thick yarnlike line in her bare hand and tugging.
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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She leaned over to look, catching the thick yarnlike line in her bare hand and tugging.
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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Woven into the yarnlike hair were small, shiny things --- buttons, pieces of metal, gold and silver coins, shards of glass, chips of obsidian -- any scrap that they found shiny enough for their taste.
Temple of the Winds Goodkind, Terry 1997
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