fairy tale

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noun

1. a story about fairies;
told to amuse children
• Syn:
fairytale, fairy story
• Members of this Topic:
Bluebeard
• Hypernyms:
narrative, narration, story, tale
2. an interesting but highly implausible story;
often told as an excuse
• Syn:
fairytale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance
• Hypernyms:
fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle