jeu de mots
Americannoun
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jeux de mots
plural
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Etymology
Origin of jeu de mots
Literally, “play of words”
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"Come, come, you little humbug, take off that gigantic sacque, and sit down here; upun my word I won't make any more of those nasty jeu de mots."
From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by [pseud.] Vera
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
"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
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
My first impression, on ascertaining this result, was one of horror at the treasonable "jeu de mots" I had so unwittingly perpetrated.
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