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Double entendre   /dˈəbəl ɑntˈɑndrə/   Listen
Double entendre

noun
1.
An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate.





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"Double entendre" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Khassa-ni"; Khusyatani (vulg.) being the testicles, also called "bayzatan" the two eggs) a double entendre which has given rise to many tales. For instance in the witty Persian book "Dozd o Kazi" (The Thief and the Judge) a footpad strips the man of learning and offers to return his clothes if he can ask him a puzzle in law or religion. The Kazi (in folk-lore mostly a fool) fails, and his wife bids ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Double entendre" :   ambiguity


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