📚 noun • entry_id 25674
Banbury story of a cock and a bull
/ˈbænbɹi ˈstɔːɹi əv ə ˈkɒk ənd ə ˈbʊl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
una historia sin pies ni cabeza
A roundabout, nonsensical story.
A Banbury Story of a Cock and a Bull.—The saying "It is a cock and bull story" is common enough, as every one knows, at the present day; but in former times—I mean in the last cent…
BANBURY STORY, of a Cock and a Bull, an Idle relation, in order to pick Acquaintance on the Road, till a convenient Place and Opportunity offer to rob or plunder.
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