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SHAGGY DOG STORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("shaggy dog story" is a kind of...):
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)
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