Banbury story of a cock and a bull
A roundabout, nonsensical story.
BANBURY STORY, of a Cock and a Bull, an Idle relation, in order to pick Acquaintance on the Road, till a convenient Place and Opportunity offer to rob or plunder.
banbury
/ˈbænbɹi/
noun 3name 1
Definitions
name
1
A market town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Cherwell in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4540).
noun
1
A Banbury cake.
2
A yellow, strongly-flavoured cheese.
3
A type of codebreaking sheet printed in Banbury and used by Bletchley Park to decipher the Enigma cipher during World War II.
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