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Noun: cock-and-bull story
  1. An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
    - fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, song and dance

Derived forms: cock-and-bull stories

Type of: fib, porky [Brit], porky pie [Brit], story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle

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