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GOOD STORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does good story mean?
• GOOD STORY (noun)
The noun GOOD STORY has 1 sense:
1. an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
Familiarity information: GOOD STORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
funny; funny remark; funny story; good story
Context example:
she made a funny
Hypernyms ("good story" is a kind of...):
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)
Context examples
His father only called him a coxcomb, and thought it a very good story; but that Mrs. Weston did not like it, was clear enough, by her passing it over as quickly as possible, and making no other comment than that all young people would have their little whims.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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