Cock-and-bull+story
51Story within a story — A story within a story, also rendered story within a story, is a literary device in which one narrative is presented during the action of another narrative. Mise en abyme is the French term for a similar literary device (also referring to the… …
52cock — [kɒk] noun [C] I a male bird, especially a male chicken • cock and bull story a story that is silly and difficult to believe[/ex] II verb [T] cock [kɒk] to raise a part of your body, or to move it to one side • cock sth up …
53bull — bull1 [bul] n ↑hoof, ↑horn ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(male cow)¦ 2¦(male animal)¦ 3 take the bull by the horns 4¦(nonsense)¦ 5 like a bull in a china shop 6 like a bull at a gate 7¦(religion)¦ 8¦(centre)¦ 9¦(busine …
54story — sto|ry W2S2 [ˈsto:ri] n plural stories ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for entertainment)¦ 2¦(news)¦ 3¦(events)¦ 4¦(excuse)¦ 5¦(history)¦ 6¦(building)¦ 7¦(of a film/play etc)¦ 8 it s the same story here …
55story — Synonyms and related words: Clio, Muse of history, account, action, adventures, alibi, allegation, allegory, anagnorisis, anecdotage, anecdote, angle, annals, architectonics, architecture, argument, article, assertion, atmosphere, autobiography,… …
56story — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tale, narrative, yarn; report, account, news article; plot; floor, stage, level. See description, news, layer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Imaginative writing] Syn. write up, fable, narrative, tale, myth,… …
57story — a lie Nursery usage, although the punning storyteller may also be used of an adult. A tall story implies exaggeration, and a cock and bull story (rooster and big animal story in 19th century America?) is an improbable fabrication …
58story — I n. tale 1) to narrate, tell a story 2) to carry, circulate, print, run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire) 3) to edit; rewrite; write a story 4) to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story 5) to change, revise;… …
59Ball cock — Cock Cock (k[o^]k), n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. [1913 Webster] 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.… …
60Chaparral cock — Cock Cock (k[o^]k), n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. [1913 Webster] 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.… …
