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shaggy dog (story) definition

shaggy dog (story)

a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion

Etymology: from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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