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Multi-word Results
Cinderella story |
an account of a person, athletic team, or the like that achieves sudden, inexplicable success. |
cock-and-bull story |
an improbable, absurd, or unlikely story. |
cover story |
a magazine article featured in the picture or headlines on the magazine's cover. [2 definitions] |
detective story |
a fictional account of how a crime, usu. a murder, is solved by an amateur or professional detective. |
fish story |
(informal) an exaggerated or fanciful account, as of the huge fish that escaped. |
shaggy dog story |
a prolonged joke with a ridiculous or irrelevant punch line. |
short story |
a brief piece of fiction, usu. having a single theme, limited scope, and few characters. |
sob story |
a tale of personal problems meant to arouse pity in others. [2 definitions] |
story line |
the plot or scheme of a story, play, show, or the like. |
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