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COCK AND A BULL STORY

Specialty Definition: COCK AND A BULL STORY

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Slang in 1811

COCK AND A BULL STORY. A roundabout story, without head or tail, i.e. beginning or ending. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Expression: COCK AND A BULL STORY

Expression using "COCK AND A BULL STORY": a cock and a bull story. Additional references.

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Modern Translation: COCK AND A BULL STORY

Language Translations for "COCK AND A BULL STORY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hebrew 

  

לא "ובים ולא יער (a cock and a bull story). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ockcay anday aay ullbay orystay.(various references)

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Anagrams: COCK AND A BULL STORY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-d-k-l-l-n-o-o-r-s-t-u-y"

-5 letters: constabulary.

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1. Expressions
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
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