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1.
A ~ is a very old and popular story that may be true.
...the ~s of ancient Greece...
The play was based on Irish ~.
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2.
If you refer to someone as a ~, you mean that they are very famous and admired by a lot of people.
...blues ~s John Lee Hooker and B.B. King.
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3.
A ~ is a story that people talk about, concerning people, places, or events that exist or are famous at the present time.
The incident has since become a family ~...
His frequent brushes with death are the stuff of ~ among the press.
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