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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account;
- Example: "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah"

2. (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

megillah n 1: (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah" 2: (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim