Definition of "kernel of truth" []

• A core accuracy at the heart of a claim or narrative which also contains dubious or fictitious elements. (noun)

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• "But the sheer quantity made him pause and wonder if those stories about fish being so thick in the river that you could walk dry-shod on their backs might have a solid kernel of truth to them."