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yawner|ˈjɔːnə(r)|
[f. yawn v. + -er1.]
1. a. One who yawns, as from drowsiness.
1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. i, C'est un Baailleur perpetual, he is an everlasting Yawner. 1818Bentham Ch. Engl. 130 To procure upon an average half a dozen voluntary yawners, in addition to the compulsory ones. 1897Voice (N.Y.) 9 Sept. 5/5 The yawner..is not being intentionally rude, but is exercising muscles which have been for a long time inactive.
b. transf. Something dreary or boring. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §276/2 Something uninteresting,..washout, yawner. 1969A. Glyn Dragon Variation ii. 42 The game between him and Wheaton, still to be played, should be a real yawner. 1980Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Nov. 17 (heading) The Awakening is a real yawner. 1983Chicago Sun-Times 6 Aug. 76 (heading) Opener likely to be yawner.
2. Something that yawns; a wide ditch.
1832Egan's Bk. Sports 220/2 Sir Francis Burdett, sitting erect upon Sampson, and putting his head straight at a yawner. 1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour vii. 1862Sporting Mag. June 511 In clearing a yawner The King of the Valley covered the extraordinary space of 31 feet. |