Megillah

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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


       [also: {megilloth} (pl)]