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cock and bull story
noun as in story
Weak matches
noun as in tale
noun as in cock-and-bull story
noun as in fish story
noun as in tall tale
noun as in inveracity
Weak matches
- aspersion
- backbiting
- calumniation
- calumny
- canard
- cock-and-bull story
- deceit
- deception
- defamation
- detraction
- dishonesty
- disinformation
- distortion
- evasion
- fable
- fabrication
- falsehood
- falseness
- falsification
- falsity
- fib
- fiction
- forgery
- fraudulence
- guile
- hyperbole
- inaccuracy
- invention
- libel
- mendacity
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- myth
- obloquy
- perjury
- prevarication
- revilement
- reviling
- slander
- story
- subterfuge
- tale
- tall story
- untruth
- vilification
- white lie
- whopper
noun as in interesting but unbelievable story
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Example Sentences
Is he here with another cock-and-bull story about land grants?
"It's no cock-and-bull story you'll find it," asserted the Irishman.
And you seriously expect us to believe this cock-and-bull story as an explanation—unsupported by any kind of proof?
“Well, I do not mind coming to hear what cock-and-bull story you have trumped up,” muttered Saurin, turning away.
And pray, whom do you expect to delude with this cock-and-bull story?
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cock-and-bull story, such as: fanciful tale, farfetched story, fish story, flight of fancy, song and dance, and tall story.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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