double entente

[ doo-blahn tahnt ]

noun

, French.

, plural dou·bles en·tentes [doo-bl, uh, zah, n, -, tahnt].

1. a double meaning; ambiguity.

Example Sentences

There is an anecdote of the latter which, as an example of thrust and parry in double entente, is hardly to be matched.

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It would be remarkable if the French tongue lent itself as easily as ours to the double entente.

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

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Repeated ordinances were levelled at the actors, aiming at the purification of the stage and preventing words of double entente.

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

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