A fabricated or highly exaggerated story intended to deceive.
This is a corruption of a "concocted and bully story". Bully is the Danish bullen, or exaggerated. Therefore, it stands to reason that a cock and bull story is a made up, exaggerated story.
This is a corruption of a "concocted and bully story". Bully is the Danish bullen, or exaggerated. Therefore, it stands to reason that a cock and bull story is a made up, exaggerated story.
by Lorn A. W. August 15, 2004
by Wilna T January 26, 2021
A person who thinks he is a pirate one week and the following week he has a gin in him the also think they have cancer and tell every soul he meets that he is dieing from a brain tumor but yet never receives any treatment and goes back to being a land pirate
That cock and bull sea rover is at it a again fibbing about his brain tumor and thinking some one stole his land ship
by Bullwinkle O'Reilly March 23, 2020