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anecdote |
a short tale about a funny or interesting event. |
chapbook |
a small book or pamphlet containing a ballad, poem, popular tale, or religious tract. |
Cinderella |
the title character of a common European fairy tale, who, with the help of a fairy godmother, escapes a life of misery and marries a prince. [1/2 definitions] |
embroidery |
the embellishment of a tale or report, esp. with fictitious details. [1/2 definitions] |
fable |
a short tale that teaches a lesson. The characters in fables are often animals who speak and act like people. [1/2 definitions] |
goldilocks |
(used with a sing. verb) (cap.) in a European folk tale, a young girl with blond hair who visits the house of three bears. [1/3 definitions] |
idyll |
a composition, often a poem, describing a simple, picturesque scene or episode such as a tale of the countryside. [1/4 definitions] |
Jabberwocky |
in the nineteenth-century tale Through the Looking Glass, a poem containing many nonsense words. [1/2 definitions] |
narrate |
to tell the tale or give an account of; relate. [1/2 definitions] |
old wives' tale |
a superstition, usu. embodied as a folk tale or bit of folk wisdom. |
romance |
a tale of the adventures and deeds of knights or other heroes. [1/4 definitions] |
Scheherazade |
in The Arabian Nights, a woman who escapes execution nightly by telling an unresolved tale to the Sultan. |
sob story |
a tale of personal problems meant to arouse pity in others. [1/2 definitions] |
spin |
to form or develop (a story or tale) from the imagination. [1/8 definitions] |
thriller |
(informal) a suspenseful tale or drama, such as a murder mystery. [1/2 definitions] |
twice-told |
of a tale, story, or the like, familiar or hackneyed because of frequent repetition. |
yarn |
(informal) a long tale that may exaggerate the truth or is hard to believe. [1/2 definitions] |
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