| 单词 | pipe story |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspipe story pipe story n. U.S. rare a fantastic or impossible story; cf. pipe dream n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > false or foolish spellc888 triflea1250 truffc1430 tale of a roasted horse1532 fairy story1687 pipe story1890 fairy tale1896 pishogue1931 1890 Chicago Tribune 26 Feb. 8/3 The story to the effect that ex-Senator Hill has fixed a deal with Senator Teller..is a fairy tale. We call it a ‘pipe story’ in the Wild West. 1904 N.Y. Times 16 Oct. iii. 6 The police are now forced to take what appears on its face to be the veriest pipe story and run it down. 1948 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 16 Oct. 4/3 This is no propaganda pipe story carefully leaked. < as lemmas |
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