jeux de mots
- plural of jeu de mots.
Example Sentences
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These short poems are full of puns and happy jeux de mots, and had a decided effect in frustrating the foolish plans.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
She had the happy gift of improvising in a lightning-flash epigrams and jeux de mots which would not have discredited the best wits even of France.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe
A modern French author says, that the French language is not capable of the jeux de mots.
From A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 by Thicknesse, Philip
The author of these two jeux de mots unhappily we do not know, or we would thank him for them.
From Umbrellas and Their History by Sangster, William
Taste was conspicuous in his powder'd hair, And in his frequent jeux de mots, that drew Peals of applauses from the listeners round, Who were delighted—as in duty bound.
From Fanny With Other Poems by Halleck, Fitz-Greene
