Banbury story
Banbury story
A story that does not make sense or which rambles circuitously without apparent end. The old sailor, after several glasses of whiskey too many, began to tell some rambling Banbury story, which none of us were able to decipher.
See also: Banbury, story
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- Banbury
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- Banbury tale
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