jeu de mots
Americannoun
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jeux de mots
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jeu de mots
Literally, “play of words”
Example Sentences
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Now and again he chuckled as some jeu de mots hit the mark and drew a quick gust of laughter from the unseen audience.
From The Head of Kay's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
My first impression, on ascertaining this result, was one of horror at the treasonable "jeu de mots" I had so unwittingly perpetrated.
Whence the following jeu de mots: "Le mur, murant Paris, rend Paris murmurout."
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
It is simply a jeu de mots, and no more, though funny enough as it stands.
From By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects by William Davenport Adams
"And yet I have heard your Grace indulge in the jeu de mots," answered the attendant.
From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott
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