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▪ I. garn, n. north. dial.|ˈgɑːn|
Also 5 garne, 9 gairn, gain.
[a. ON. garn = OE. ᵹearn, yarn. See also garnwin, -windle.]
Yarn or worsted (see quot. 1876).
1483Cath. Angl. 150/2 Garne (A. Garne siue ȝarn), pensum. To wynd Garne, jurgillare. 1695Kennett Par. Antiq. Gloss. s.v. Draw-gere, Yarn, still in the North call'd Garn; wooll workt into a thread. 1876Whitby Gloss., Gain or Garn, woollen yarn or worsted; though gain is made of short wool and is coarser [than worsted].
Phrase.c1460Towneley Myst. iii. 298 Ther is garne on the reyll other, my dame.
▪ II. garn, int.|gɑːn|
Colloq. (chiefly Cockney) pronunciation of go on (see go v. 86 j), often used to express disbelief or ridicule of a statement.
1886in H. Baumann Londinismen 62/1. 1888 J. Runciman Chequers 80 Garn, you farthin' face! 1914G. B. Shaw Pygmalion 1, in Nash's Mag. Nov. 152/2 The Note Taker (whipping out his book). Heavens! what a sound!..Ah—ah—ah—ow—ow—ow—oo! The Flower Girl (tickled by the performance, and laughing in spite of herself). Garn! 1922‘R. Crompton’ Just—William viii. 166 Garn! S'ours! We found it. 1925Glasgow Herald 9 Jan. 8 He complained that if he used such words as ‘garn’ or ‘struth’ he was accused of vulgarity, whereas were he capable of imitating the peculiar sounds such as were heard from those north of the Tweed he would be able to move in any society. 1968A. Holden Death after School iii. 22 ‘Garn,’ called out someone, ‘tell us somefing we don't know!’
▪ III. garn
var. gern, adv. |