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cock-and-bull story

(käkən bo̵ol)

an absurd, improbable story

Origin: for earlier cockalane < Fr (saillir du) coq en l'âne, lit., (to jump from) the cock to the donkey

See cock-and-bull story in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.

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