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Cock-and-bull story   /kɑk-ənd-bʊl stˈɔri/   Listen
Cock-and-bull story

noun
1.
An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse.  Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance.





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"Cock-and-bull story" Quotes from Famous Books



... any tale of suffering inflicted by the strong on the weak, or by any accusation of wrong done to women or to children. When he heard such a tale he was too little inclined to show the worldly wisdom of the man who says, "Let us wait and hear all the facts. It may be a mere cock-and-bull story." ...
— The Adventure of Living • John St. Loe Strachey


Words linked to "Cock-and-bull story" :   fib, fairytale, tale, song and dance, story, tarradiddle, fairy tale, taradiddle


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