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Definition: Cock-and-bull Story |
Cock-and-bull StoryNoun1. An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Cock-and-bull StorySynonyms: fairy story (n), fairytale (n), song and dance (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cock-and-bull Story |
| Specialty definitions using "cock-and-bull story": Cock and Bull Story. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "cock-and-bull story"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 不"之談 (absurd statement). (various references) | |
German | ein Ammenmärchen (a cock-and-bull story). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hihetetlen történet (cock and bull story), dajkamese (cock and bull story, nurse, nursery tale). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ock-and-bullcay orystay.(various references) | |
Russian | небылицы (fish story), небылица (fable, fairytale, tall story), неправдоподобная история (cock and bull story, fishy tale). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-d-k-l-l-n-o-o-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-5 letters: backcountry. | |
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