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What (who) is mare's-nest - definition

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Mare's tail; Mares-tail; Mare's-Tail; Mare's-tail; Mare’s Tail; Mare's Tail; Mares-Tail; Marestail (disambiguation)

mare's-nest      
n.
Absurd discovery, ridiculous discovery, discovery that is no discovery, self-delusion.
Mare's-nest      
·noun A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
mare's nest         
¦ noun
1. a complex and difficult situation; a muddle.
2. an illusory discovery.
Origin
C16: formerly in the phr. to have found (or spied) a mare's nest (i.e. something that does not exist), used in the sense 'to have discovered something amazing'.

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Marestail

Marestail (also mare's tail and mare's-tail) may refer to: