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double entendre
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double entendre [doob-bl on-tond-ra]
Noun
a word or phrase with two interpretations, esp. with one meaning that is rude [obsolete French]
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Noun1.double entendre - an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
ambiguity - an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context


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The double entendres of "My Boat" as a love song and indictment of colonialism ("My boat/sweet anger/sweet salvage/cast anchor upon my fingers .
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