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shaggy dog stories

n. (shaggy dog story English)

Usage examples of "shaggy dog stories".

The dishes were cleared and the party in the ship's dining room had become loud with laughter as everyone competed in telling shaggy dog stories.

I figured, here we go, it's one of those shaggy dog stories with a lousy punchline and it takes years to tell, and the kid's laughter was only the first part of it.