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    leg-pull

    noun

    • 1. a trick or practical joke: informal "it was nothing more than an elaborate leg-pull"

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  2. The meaning of LEG-PULL is a humorous deception or hoax.

  3. PULL SOMEONE'S LEG definition: 1. to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke: 2. to try to…. Learn more.

  4. British informal a practical joke or mild deception.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  5. Definition of leg-pull noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. The earliest known use of the noun leg-pull is in the 1890s. OED's earliest evidence for leg-pull is from 1893, in Puck (New York) . leg-pull is formed within English, by compounding.

  7. Define leg-pull. leg-pull synonyms, leg-pull pronunciation, leg-pull translation, English dictionary definition of leg-pull. n informal Brit a practical joke or mild ...

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  9. Nov 11, 2024 · as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true

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