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'ʃæɡi((covered with hair, fur etc that is) rough and untidy in appearance: The dog had a shaggy coat; a shaggy dog.) peludotr['ʃægɪ]1 (hair, beard) desgreñado,-a, greñudo,-a, enmarañado,-a; (eyebrows) poblado,-a2 (coat, mat) peludo,-a; (dog) lanudo,-a, peludo,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLshaggy dog story chiste nombre masculino largo y malo1) hairy: peludoa shaggy dog: un perro peludo2) unkempt: enmarañado, despeinado (dícese del pelo, de las barbas, etc.)adj.• cabelludo, -a adj.• cubierto de pelo enredado adj.• lanudo, -a adj.• pachón, -ona adj.• peludo, -a adj.• velludo, -a adj.'ʃægi['ʃæɡɪ]ADJ (compar shaggier) (superl shaggiest) [hair, beard, mane] greñudo; [fur, eyebrows, animal] peludo; [carpet, rug] de mucho pelo; [person] melenudo, greñudoshaggy dog story — chiste m largo y pesado
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Shaggy Dog Story (TV) — Shaggy Dog Story was a charity programme for Children in Need, put together by the BBC in 1999 as a sequel to the previous year s Future Generations video (featuring chilcren s programmes), and the great success of 1997 s Perfect Day charity… … Wikipedia
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shaggy dog (story) — or shaggy dog n. [from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog] a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion … English World dictionary
shaggy dog (story) — or shaggy dog n. [from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog] a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion … English World dictionary
shaggy dog story — A shaggy dog story is a joke which is a long story with a silly end … The small dictionary of idiomes
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shaggy dog story — shaggy dog .story n old fashioned a long joke that usually ends in a silly or disappointing way … Dictionary of contemporary English
shaggy dog story — shaggy dog ,story noun count a very long joke that ends in a silly way … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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shaggy-dog story — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : a long drawn out circumstantial story concerning an inconsequential happening that impresses the teller as humorous but the hearer as boresome and pointless b. : a similar humorous story whose humor lies in the… … Useful english dictionary
shaggy dog story — noun a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness • Hypernyms: ↑joke, ↑gag, ↑laugh, ↑jest, ↑jape * * * shaggy dog story UK US noun [countable] [singula … Useful english dictionary