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Still I cannot see that this at all explains the expression of a "cock-and-bull story."
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 227, MARCH 4, 1854VARIOUS
The old man's voice: "Where did you get hold of that cock-and-bull story?"
FIVE TALESJOHN GALSWORTHY
But I mean to ask the same question that she asked, and you won't put me off with a cock-and-bull story like that.
THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTONANTHONY TROLLOPE
"It's no cock-and-bull story you'll find it," asserted the Irishman.
FRANK MERRIWELL'S PURSUITBURT L. STANDISH
I don't go into any of this cock-and-bull story about a dead miner.
THE HAUNTED MINEHARRY CASTLEMON
Your mother told me yesterday of some cock-and-bull story concerning the Anna Maria or some such vessel.
DEAD MAN'S ROCKSIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH
If he sees a convent, he tells us a cock-and-bull story about subterranean passages paved with the bones of infants.
THE CATHOLIC WORLD. VOLUME III; NUMBERS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.E. RAMEUR
"And I suppose yours was a cock-and-bull story, too," he said.
IN THE FOGRICHARD HARDING DAVIS
And you seriously expect us to believe this cock-and-bull story as an explanation—unsupported by any kind of proof?
THE BRASS BOTTLEF. ANSTEY
I overheard one of the magistrates whisper to his neighbour something about “a cock-and-bull story.”
ROAD SCRAPINGS: COACHES AND COACHINGM. E. HAWORTH

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