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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
yawner

1680s, agent noun from yawn (v.). Meaning "boring thing" is 1942, American English colloquial (yawn (n.) in this sense is attested from 1889).

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yawner

n. 1 A person who yawns. 2 (context figuratively English) Something unexciting or boring that induces yawning, as a book, sporting event, or performance.

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yawner

n. a person who yawns

Usage examples of "yawner".

His eyes, passing over the features of Juh, Chief of the Ned-ni, and Mangas, the eighteen-year-old son of the chief of the Be-don-ko-he, stopped at last upon those of Go-yat-thlay, the Yawner.