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double entendre

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dou⋅ble en⋅ten⋅dre

  [duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druh, -tahnd; Fr. doo-blahn-tahn-druh ]
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–noun, plural dou⋅ble en⋅ten⋅dres  [duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druhz, -tahndz; Fr. doo-blahn-tahn-druh ] .
1. a double meaning.
2. a word or expression used in a given context so that it can be understood in two ways, esp. when one meaning is risqué.
Origin:
1665–75; < obs. F; see double, intend
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noun
an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate 
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