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shaggy-dog story
shag·gy-dog sto·ry (plural shag·gy-dog sto·ries)


noun 
Definition:
 
long story with weak punchline: a long drawn-out absurd story or joke, often with an ending or punchline that is anticlimactic
[< one such anecdote involving a shaggy dog]
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