Noun: fairy story 'feh-ree'sto-ree
- A children's story (often traditional) about imaginary or magical places and beings
"She read her daughter a fairy story about a princess and a dragon";
- fairytale, fairy tale
- An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
"He tried to explain his lateness with a fairy story about a unicorn blocking traffic";
- fairytale, fairy tale, cock-and-bull story [informal], song and dance [US, informal]
Derived forms: fairy stories
Type of: fib [informal], narration, narrative, porky [Brit, informal], porky pie [Brit, informal], story, tale, taradiddle [informal], tarradiddle [informal]
Encyclopedia: Fairy story