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Definition: Fairy Story |
Fairy StoryNoun1. A story about fairies; told to amuse children. 2. 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: Fairy StorySynonyms: cock-and-bull story (n), fairytale (n), song and dance (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bed fairy story time | 2 |
erotic fairy story tale | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fairy story"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | märchen (fable, fairy tale, fairytale, fairy-tale, myth, story, tale, tall story). (various references) | |
Italian | favola (byword, fable, fairy, fairy tale, tale, tall story). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | airyfay orystay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-o-r-r-s-t-y-y" | |
-3 letters: orfrays, ostiary, torrify. | |
-4 letters: afrits, aorist, aristo, forays, forrit, fortis, friars, friary, frosty, orfray, rarify, rarity, ratify, ratios, rosary, rostra, rotary, sartor, satori, starry. | |
-5 letters: afrit, airts, arris, artsy, astir, fairs, fairy, faros, fatso, fiars, fiats, firry, first, foist, foray, forts, forty, frats, frays, friar, frits, frost, iotas, ofays, orris, ostia, rafts, ratio. | |
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