cock-and-bull story

Definitions of cock-and-bull story
  1. noun
    an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
    synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance
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    type of:
    fib, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle
    a trivial lie
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