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shaggy dog story

[shag-ee-dawg, -dog] / ˈʃæg iˈdɔg, -ˈdɒg /
NOUN
unbelievable story
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shaggy-dog story
NOUN
unbelievable story
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Its title notwithstanding, “Kim’s Video,” co-directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin and narrated by Redmon, is less a retail history than a shaggy dog story.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Despite the multifariousness, “All-Night Pharmacy” is not a shaggy dog story.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023

In an interview last year, Prince Harry and his fiancee, American actress Meghan Markle, told their own shaggy dog story.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2018

The tale of its discovery is something of a shaggy dog story, beginning with the father of the periodic table, the 19th Century Russian polymath Dmitri Mendeleev.

From BBC • May 29, 2015

He was beginning to feel like a character in a shaggy dog story.

From Off Course by Freas, Kelly




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