sob story
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sob story
noun sob stories
- A sad story, especially one intended to elicit sympathy. "Dis picture is called De Tale o' Two Cities, and it's de French revolution. It's about a feller vot takes anodder feller's place and gits his head cut off; and say, dere's a sob story in it vot's a vunder."
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noun sad story
| 日本語 | お涙頂戴 onamida chōdai |
|---|---|
| Français | histoire à faire pleurer dans les chaumières, histoire larmoyante |
| Deutsch | Schnulze, Schmachtfetzen |
| Română | poveste lacrimogenă |
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@misc{sob_story_2026,
title = {sob story},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sob%20story},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
