English
Noun
en-noun|sg=Banbury story of a cock and a bull|Banbury stories of a cock and a bull
- idiom 1811 A roundabout, nonsensical story.
#*Connie Lane, The Viscount's Bawdy Bargain (2003) p. 56:
#:*Nor was she uncaring, mean-spirited or likely to go about spreading a Banbury story of a cock and a bull.
Synonyms
Banbury tale
See also
cock-and-bull story
Translations
Catalan: una història sense cap ni peus (a story without head or feet)
Russian: �казка п�о белого б��ка (tale of the white bull), б�ед �ивой коб�л� (rave of the grey mare)
Spanish: una historia sin pies ni cabeza (a story without feet or head)
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