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fairy story|ˈfɛərɪ ˌstɔərɪ|
[f. fairy n. and a. + story n.1]
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1850Dickens Dav. Copp. xix. 193 Life was more like a great fairy story, which I was just about to begin to read, than anything else. 1859Thackeray Virgin. II. xxv. 199 Our favourite fairy story-books. 1925G. H. Mullin Adv. Scholar Tramp vi. 85, I told her an abominable pack of lies—a fairy-story, as we call such fabrications on the Road. 1927R. Lehmann Dusty Answer i. i. 19 He reminded me of something fabulous—a Chinese fairy-story. 1932E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon Gloss. 299 s.v. Maricón, There are many very, very funny Spanish fairy stories. 1956‘B. Buckingham’ Three Bad Nights xxii. 202 Please go on with your fairy story if it amuses you. 1966S. Jackman Davidson Affair viii. 100 You'll never persuade them to accept your fairy-story ending. |