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Similar words: gall stone · fairy story · scare story · tally stick · cold store · full stop · hall stand · life story · mill stone · sob story
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tall tale

(also

tall story

)
nounscéal an ghamhna bhuí  c m uscéal i mbarr batasiollóg fem2he's always telling tall tales fear mór siollóg is ea é, bíonn scéal an ghamhna bhuí aige i gcónaí

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  • embellish »
    he'd routinely embellish his lectures with tall stories ba nós leis a chuid léachtaí a dhathú le scéalta i mbarr bata
  • tall »
    a tall storyshe's fond of tall stories tá sí tugtha don áibhéil, ní hannamh scéal an ghamhna bhuí aici
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