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double-entendre

/ˈdʌbəlɑnˈtɑndɹə/

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noun

  1. Alternative spelling of double entendre.
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/ˈdʌbəlɑnˈtɑndɹə/

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This side of the linguistic inventiveness of childhood, with its double-entendre, its puns, its folk-etymologies, its keen discernment of hidden resemblances and analogies, deserves more study than it has apparently received.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966