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Definition of “tellin”

tellin (ˈtɛlɪn Pronunciation for tellin

Definitions

noun

  1. any of various slim marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Tellina (or Macoma) that live in intertidal sand, esp the smooth oval delicately tinted T. tenuis

Word Origin

from New Latin tellina, from Greek tellinē a shellfish

Example Sentences Including 'tellin'

HEY punk, ya don't wanna believe everything the cops is tellin ' ya.
Sun, News of the World (2001)
I'm tellin ' you now because if we're goin' to...' `I certainly hope so.
Daisy Waugh TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS (2003)
What I'm tellin ' you is, maybe you got somethin ' good goin' you don "know -- you understan '?
Smith, Mitchell Stone City
Whit's the pointa me keepin ' tellin ' youse if you don't tell anybody else?
Sun, News of the World (2000)
`And her friends all liked Belle for tellin ' them these stories.
Frank Delaney Telling the Pictures
`You want to know about ol ' State, man, I'm tellin ' you.
Smith, Mitchell Stone City

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