tall tale

/tɔːl ˈteɪl/noun

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A tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth.

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Banbury story of a cock and a bull cock-and-bull story fish story tall story traveller's tale

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