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double-entendre

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dou·ble-en·ten·dre  (dbl-än-tändr, d-blä-tädr)
n.
1. A word or phrase having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is risqué.
2. The use of such a word or phrase; ambiguity.

[Obsolete French : double, double + entendre, to mean, interpretation.]


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