Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A story about ghosts or in which ghosts are introduced; hence, by extension, any story or statement to which no credence should be given.
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Examples
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It's as if everyone figured they could keep Hereafter from turning ghost-story hokey by making it grounded and attractive, and matter-of-fact.
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"At Chrighton Abbey" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1871) Another classic of ghost-story writing, with a doomed family and a crumbling, historic house at the heart of it.
Kate Mosse's top 10 ghost stories Kate Mosse 2010
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This led to a marathon of ghost-story swapping over breakfast.
Varla Ventura: The Curious Case of the Haunted Toothbrush Varla Ventura 2011
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It's as if everyone figured they could keep Hereafter from turning ghost-story hokey by making it grounded and attractive, and matter-of-fact.
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It's as if everyone figured they could keep Hereafter from turning ghost-story hokey by making it grounded and attractive, and matter-of-fact.
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June 17 was an especially stormy night, and holed up in the Villa Diodati and fueled by rounds of ghost-story telling, the group decided to hold a competition to see who could write the scariest tale.
Byron in Paradise J.S. Tennant 2011
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This led to a marathon of ghost-story swapping over breakfast.
Varla Ventura: The Curious Case of the Haunted Toothbrush Varla Ventura 2011
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His first book, a widely praised biography of the scholar and ghost-story writer M.R. James, was published by OUP in 1983.
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It's as if everyone figured they could keep Hereafter from turning ghost-story hokey by making it grounded and attractive, and matter-of-fact.
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When her son's fiction-reading sparked his interest in Venice several years back, "off we went on one of the most memorable experiences of our lives," she said, on a Venice adventure that included a ghost-story tour, museums and lots of pizza.
The Readers' Turn: Traveling and Charity By STEPHEN KREIDER YODER 2010
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