Usually means: Implausible tale, often exaggeratedly false.
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  1. cock-and-bull story: Merriam-Webster
  2. cock-and-bull story: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cock-and-bull story, cock-and-bull story: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cock-and-bull story: Vocabulary.com
  5. cock-and-bull story: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cock-and-bull story: Wiktionary
  7. cock-and-bull story: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cock-and-bull story: Dictionary.com
  9. cock-and-bull story: Rhymezone
  10. cock-and-bull story: FreeDictionary.org
  11. cock-and-bull story: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. cock-and-bull story: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cock-and-bull story: Encyclopedia

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  1. cock-and-bull story: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cock-and-bull story)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity.

Similar:
fairytale, song and dance, fairy story, Banbury tale, bull, load of bull, bull con, bull-speak, shitbull, bullshite, more...

Types:
urblegend, conspiracy theory, fake news, more...

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Similar:
fairytale, song and dance, fairy story, Banbury tale, bull, load of bull, bull con, bull-speak, shitbull, bullshite, more...

Types:
urblegend, conspiracy theory, fake news, more...



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