fairy tale
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fairy tale
noun
plural
fairy tales
fairy tale
noun
plural
fairy tales
Britannica Dictionary definition of FAIRY TALE
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a simple children's story about magical creatures
— sometimes used figuratively
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the fairy tale about the sleeping princess
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Their marriage is a real-life fairy tale. [=they have a very happy marriage]
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a fairy-tale romance
— called also
fairy story
2
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a false story that is meant to trick people
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Everything he told us about his happy marriage was just a fairy tale.
