codeword
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On top of this, the Ask for Ani codeword scheme, which allows victims or those at risk of abuse to discreetly signal they need help, is to be further piloted in Jobcentres around the country.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2023
We’ve all seen the cryptic notations on these documents about special compartments and codeword protections for human and signals intelligence.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2022
The film’s title is a banking codeword for “be quiet, careful what you say,” and the story prefers the horrors of the unsaid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2021
It’s certainly what I was shouting out loud at my screen as I watched, and I wasn’t the one forced to say such a silly codeword on an adult reality show.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2021
Thus "amber" is the codeword for £1; "heliotrope" for £20; "rainbow" for "win and 1, 2."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 by Various
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