double-entendre

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double-entendre - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Double-entendre \Dou"ble-en*ten"dre\, n. [F. double double +
     entendre to mean. This is a barbarous compound of French
     words. The true French equivalent is double entente.]
     A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation,
     one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
     [1913 Webster]