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sob stories

sob stories is the plural of sob story.

Meaning of sob story

Noun

sob story (plural sob stories)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic) A sad story, especially one intended to elicit sympathy.
    • "Dis picture is called De Tale o' Two Cities, and it's de French revolution. It's about a feller vot takes anodder feller's place and gits his head cut off; and say, dere's a sob story in it vot's a vunder."1922, Upton Sinclair, chapter 14, in They call Me Carpenter

Questions about sob stories

What is sob stories the plural of?
Sob stories is the plural of sob story.

Words near sob stories in the dictionary

  1. Soays
  2. sob
  3. sob sister
  4. sob sisters
  5. SOB stew
  6. sob stories
  7. sob story
  8. sob stuff
  9. soba
  10. sobador
  11. sobadores

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