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What is a tall tale?

What is a tall tale? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A greatly exaggerated, fantastic story.
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But with only a fraction of total delegates awarded, is that anything more than a tall tale?
There, around a campfire, his boyhood games of piracy and Robin Hood met the tall tale and the demotic idiom.
He could make you hear his sly smile, he could make you cry at a sad story, he could make you believe a tall tale.
The story, with the structure of a tall tale and the scenery of historical horror, does not give a moral or a resolution.
Assuming this is a tall tale made up to lend an air of mystery to an otherwise innocuous eBay sale it is still a clever bit of advertising.
Each section will debunk a specific tall tale that is currently making the rounds.

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