double entente

American  

[doo-blahn tahnt] / du blɑ̃ ˈtɑ̃t /

noun

French.

plural

doubles ententes

1. a double meaning; ambiguity.

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Example Sentences

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

From Literature

The ancients had as many pictorial euphemisms as ourselves, and when these are understood they enable us to comprehend many a legend otherwise dim; e. g., when Fortuna, or luck, always depicted as a woman, has for her characteristic le timon, and for her motto the proverb, "Fortune favours the bold." we readily understand the double entente.

From Project Gutenberg

She was also expert in innuendo and double entente.

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Here men sing their own creations, and they have absolute license to sing or say what they please; there is no mincing of words, and many times these rare bohemians do not take the trouble to hide their clever songs and satires under a double entente.

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

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