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Definition of shaggy-dog story noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shaggy-dog story

noun

/ˌʃæɡi ˈdɒɡ stɔːri/

/ˌʃæɡi ˈdɔːɡ stɔːri/

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a very long joke with a silly or disappointing ending

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