larn

/ lɑːn /

verb

1. facetious.
   to learn
2. tr to teach (someone) a lesson

   that'll larn you!

Word History and Origins

Origin of larn¹

C18: from a dialect form of learn

Example Sentences

And all the fal-lals and di-does they larn em in high school now doesnt amount to a row of pins in practical life.

From Project Gutenberg

She couldn't larn, an' de Lord took her whar dey don't ask what you knows,—only dis: does you lub de Lord?

From Project Gutenberg

I suppose they don't have to go to school to larn how to bite something that they dislike so much they want to eat it.

From Project Gutenberg

They jest poke 'em out o' the nest, an' larn 'em to fly an' pick up their own livin'; an' that's what makes birds on 'em.

From Project Gutenberg

Let's teach 'em nothing at all, if we can't larn 'em something better than wrangling about religion.

From Project Gutenberg