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cock-and-bull story

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cock-and-bull story  (kkn-bl)
n.
An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.
cock-and-bull story
Noun
Informal an obviously improbable story, esp. one used as an excuse
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Noun1.cock-and-bull story - an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance
fib, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tale, story - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"


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Humorous half-columns in the local papers, written in the customary silly way by unlicked cub reporters just out of grammar school, tickled the fancy of San Francisco for a fleeting moment in that the steamship Mariposa had rescued some sea-waifs possessed of a cock-and-bull story that not even the reporters believed.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
"You're a past mistress of the cock-and-bull story," said Philip.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Challenger was the man who came with some cock-and-bull story from South America.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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