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TALL TALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tall tale mean?
• TALL TALE (noun)
The noun TALL TALE has 1 sense:
1. an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
Familiarity information: TALL TALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tall tale" is a kind of...):
narration; narrative; story; tale (a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program)
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