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

Derived forms: cock-and-bull stories

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

Encyclopedia: Cock-and-bull story

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