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fairy story
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As a noun, fairy story means a story about fairies.
Meanings of fairy story
2 meaningsnoun
A story about fairies; told to amuse children
Similar: fairytale, fairy taleAn interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
Similar: fairytale, fairy tale, cock-and-bull story, song and dance
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: a story about fairies; told to amuse children
noun: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told a…