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doubles entendres

doubles entendres is the plural of double entendre.

Meaning of double entendre

Noun

double entendre (plural double entendres or (nonstandard) doubles entendres or (nonstandard) double entendre)

  1. (rhetoric) A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
    • Avoid all equivocal expressions, usually denominated double entendre; they are certain proofs of a mean and indelicate mind.1812, A treatise on politeness, tr. from the French by a lady, page 172

Questions about doubles entendres

What is doubles entendres the plural of?
Doubles entendres is the plural of double entendre.

Words near doubles entendres in the dictionary

  1. doubler
  2. doublers
  3. doubles
  4. doubles back
  5. doubles down
  6. doubles entendres
  7. doubles in brass
  8. doubles net
  9. doubles nets
  10. doubles off
  11. doubles over

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