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Garn

intj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    A response that expresses disbelief or mockery. Cockney, slang

    "mrs pearce. […] But you dont know anything about her. What about her parents? She may be married. / liza. Garn! / higgins. There! As the girl very properly says, Garn! Married indeed! Dont you know that a woman of that class looks a worn out drudge of fifty a year after shes married?"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    yarn (twisted fibers for weaving) obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English garne, from Old English ġearn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn. Doublet of yarn.

Etymology 2

From go on.

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