cock-and-bull story 
(kŏk′ən-bl)
(kŏk′ən-bl)n.
An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.
- crossness
- cross (one's) mind
- cross one's mind
- cross (one's) t's
- cross one's t's
- crossopterygian
- cross over
- crossover
- cross palm
- crosspatch
- crosspiece
- cross-pollinate
- cross-pollination
- cross product
- cross-purpose
- cross-question
- cross-react
- cross-reaction
- cross-reactive
- cross-reactivity
- cross-refer
- cross-reference
- cross-resistance
- crossroad
- crossruff