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Noun: megillah  mu'gi-lu
  1. (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account
    "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah"
Noun: Megillah
  1. (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim

Derived forms: megillahs

Type of: account, report, roll, scroll

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