double entente
Americannoun
plural
doubles ententesExample Sentences
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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
Speak you englishman tongue for double entente cordiale.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
She was also expert in innuendo and double entente.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
Our journalists have used more often the incorrect phrase double entendre than the French critics the phrase double entente, which is the term that our writers intend to employ.
From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham
The double entente was unintentional, but the girl winced.
From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
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