ghost story

noun

1
: a story about ghosts
2
: a tale based on imagination rather than fact

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Aaron Lewallen: It was almost talked about like a ghost story around a campfire. Natalie Morales, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2024 Similarly, in colonial Bengal where malaria and cholera epidemics ravaged the countryside, ghost stories abounded about necropolises. Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024 The first-ever Abbott Elementary Halloween episode focuses on two of the classic hazards of the holiday: kids overdosing on sugar (which happens to pretty much the entire student body) and scary ghost stories (which, honestly, scare only Jacob). Jen Chaney, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024 As spooky season kicks into high gear, creatures like bats, tarantulas, and ravens are cast as eerie symbols, their shadows adding to the thrill of haunted houses and ghost stories. Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ghost story 

Word History

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ghost story was in 1730

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“Ghost story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20story. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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