Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cock-and-bull story | Yes | No | No | No |
tale | Yes | No | No | No |
cock-and-bull story (noun) | tale (noun) |
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an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program |
a trivial lie |