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  • 41story — noun 1) a story about his summer in Hawaii Syn: tale, narrative, account, anecdote; informal yarn, spiel 2) the novel has a good story Syn: plot, story line, scenario, libretto 3) the …

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  • 42story — blind·story; clere·story; mul·ti·story; story; sub·story; …

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  • 43story*/*/*/ — [ˈstɔːri] noun [C] 1) a description of some events. Stories can be imaginary, traditional, or true She was reading a story to the children.[/ex] a story about a princess and a frog[/ex] stories of his travels in Asia[/ex] He s written several… …

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  • 44story — I sto•ry [[t]ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i[/t]] n. pl. ries, 1) lit. a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse; tale 2) lit. a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel 3) lit. such narratives or tales as a branch of literature …

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  • 45story —   1. Narrative. Mo olelo.   Also: ka ao (fiction); mo o ōlelo, mo o, kuamo o ōlelo, kole.     Short story, mo olelo pōkole.     To tell stories, ha i mo olelo.     To put several stories into one, huika i ōlelo.     To record a story, ho opa a mo …

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  • 46story — A habitable space between two floors of a building; a set of rooms on the same floor or level. Biber v O Brien, 138 Cal App 353, 32 P2d 425. All the rooms on one level of a building; a horizontal section of a building. 32 Am J1st L & T § 1662. A… …

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  • 47story — See: OLD STORY, SOB STORY, UPPER STORY …

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  • 48story — See: OLD STORY, SOB STORY, UPPER STORY …

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  • 49story — See: old story, sob story, upper story …

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  • 50story —    a lie    Nursery usage, although the punning storyteller may also be used of an adult. A tall story implies exaggeration, and a cock and bull story (rooster and big animal story in 19th century America?) is an improbable fabrication …

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