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double entente

American  
[doo-blahn tahnt] / du blɑ̃ ˈtɑ̃t /

noun

French.
  • doubles ententes
    plural
  1. a double meaning; ambiguity.


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When that fail he make straight for his last resource—his last earth-work I might say did I wish double entente.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

For the soul of art lies in what art can suggest, and nothing is half so suggestive as the half expressed, not even a double entente.

From The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell

The double entente in his tone did not escape Ronaldson's notice.

From A Lost Leader by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

She was also expert in innuendo and double entente.

From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous

June, innocently unaware of any double entente in Magda's speech, glanced across at her in astonishment.

From The Lamp of Fate by Margaret Pedler

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