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Definition of Double entendre
1. Noun. An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate.
Definition of Double entendre
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo. ¹
2. Noun. (nonstandard) (plural of double entendre) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Entendre
Literary usage of Double entendre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Orthoëpist: A Pronouncing Manual Containing about Three Thousand Five by Alfred Ayres, Thomas Embley Osmun (1880)
"... not doth, double-entendre—ddb'bl-6ng'tong'dr. dra'ma, or dram'a. And then
there is an abundance of unheeded authority for saying dra'ma. draught—draft. ..."
2. Retrospections of the Stage by John Bernard (1832)
"A " double entendre" on the opening night.—Reasons of its failure.—Plymouth.—Captain
Clark.—Charles Mate—Anthony Pasquin.—The public mistake. ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1821)
"With whomsoever you have spoken of that which you represented,' namely, that you
had a law suit, did you use that expression as a double entendre to that ..."
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