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tall stories

tall stories is the plural of tall story.

Meaning of tall story

Noun

tall story (plural tall stories)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of tall tale (“a tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth”).
    • Mary Beard, formerly professor of classics at Cambridge University, directed followers on X to her latest book, titled Emperor of Rome, which opens with a lengthy discussion of the “tall stories” told about Elagabalus.2023 November 24, Esther Addley, “Was Roman emperor Elagabalus really trans – and does it really matter?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about tall stories

What is tall stories the plural of?
Tall stories is the plural of tall story.

Words near tall stories in the dictionary

  1. tall reed
  2. tall reeds
  3. tall s
  4. tall ship
  5. tall ships
  6. tall stories
  7. tall story
  8. tall tale
  9. tall tales
  10. tall thistle
  11. tall thistles

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