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Definition: CANTERBURY TALE

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. One of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers to pass away the time.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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