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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

"You do not think, Monsieur Huet, that there is wit in these /jeux de mots/: perhaps you do not admire wit at all?"

From Devereux — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

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

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

Les jeux de mots, are not, says he, in the genius de notre langue, qui est grave, de serieuse.

From A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 by Thicknesse, Philip