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FAIRY STORY

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• FAIRY STORY (noun)
The noun FAIRY STORY has 2 senses:

1. a story about fairies; told to amuse children
2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

Familiarity information: FAIRY STORY used as a noun is rare.

• FAIRY STORY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A story about fairies; told to amuse children

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

fairy story; fairy tale; fairytale

Hypernyms ("fairy story" 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)

Domain member category:

Bluebeard ((fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cock-and-bull story; fairy story; fairy tale; fairytale; song and dance

Hypernyms ("fairy story" is a kind of...):

fib; story; tale; taradiddle; tarradiddle (a trivial lie)

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